Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14438576 - Employee killed when he loses control of combine

Accident Summary Nr: 14438576 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 08/19/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18174185	09/02/1992	0722	0	Dennis Ashwill

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on August 19, 1992, Employee #1 was operating a 1680 Case combine harvester on a 14 percent grade hillside outside Inkom, ID. The combine continued to gain speed until it rushed down the hillside out of control. The employee communicated over the radio that he could not slow down the combine. He jumped out of the speeding vehicle, which witnesses reported was traveling 50 mph. The employee died of head injuries sustained when he landed on the ground. The brakes on the combine's left side were found to be wet. The combine also was not equipped with a ROPS cage or seat belts.

Keywords: HEAD, BRAKE, AGRICULTURE, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, ROPS, HARVESTER, STEEP GRADE, SEAT BELT, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18174185			Fatality	Concussion	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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