Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14393292 - Employee killed when thrown from tractor

Accident Summary Nr: 14393292 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 08/27/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100258151	08/28/1985	1522	0	Willow Ridge Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a Long 360 industrial tractor without rollover protection to remove a tree that had become lodged in another tree. When he lifted the base of the lodged tree, it rolled into the bucket of the tractor, flipping the tractor over on its side. Employee #1 was thrown to the ground and his head crushed under the tractor's tire(s). He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, LODGED TREE, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, TRACTOR, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100258151			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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