Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14512255 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN FARM TRACTOR OVERTURNED BACKWARDS

Accident Summary Nr: 14512255 -- Report ID: 0521110 -- Event Date: 10/09/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103136917	10/28/1986	0271	0	Lea Bros. Mink Ranch

Abstract: A FARM WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO START A MODEL 1775 OLIVER FARM TRACTOR. HE RECRUITED EMPLOYEE #1 TO PULL THE OLIVER TRACTOR WITH A MASSEY-FERGUSON MODEL 65 FARM TRACTOR ON A TOWN ROADWAY. THE MF 65 TRACTOR FLIPPED OVER BACKWARDS, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1. THE MF 65 WAS REPORTEDLY A 1958 TRACTOR. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE HITCH ON THE MF TRACTOR WAS TOO HIGH, PROBABLY AT OR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE AXLE.

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, ROPS, CRUSHED, TRACTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103136917			Fatality	Concussion	Farm workers

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