Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14465017 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BY OVERTURNING FARM TRACTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14465017 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104033964	05/26/1987	1794	0	Richard Ness Excating Co Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 7:25 AM ON JANUARY 6, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING A FORD MODEL 860 FARM TRACTOR ONTO A TAG TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THE TRACTOR FROM A STANDING POSITION. HE RAN IT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. AS THE TRACTOR BEGAN TIPPING, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DUMPED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK. THE TRACTOR CONTINUED OVERTURNING OFF THE TRAILER AND LANDED, UPSIDE DOWN, ON EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Keywords: LOADING, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR, INATTENTION, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104033964			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers

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