Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14518419 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRACTOR ROLL-OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 14518419 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/05/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101858264	05/12/1987	1623	0	E. V. Mckenzie & Co.

Abstract: ON MARCH 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORD F-2000 FARM TRACTOR (MANUFACURED IN 1963 OR 64), BACK FILLING 2 FOOT-DEEP TRENCHES LAID WITH TELEPHONE LINES. HE HAD BEEN OPERATING THE TRACTOR FOR ABOUT A MONTH. ACCORDING TO ANOTHER WORKER, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN QUITE CAUTIOUS UP UNTIL THE WEEK OF THE ACCIDENT. THE TRACTOR WAS TOO OLD TO BE ROPS EQUIPPED. AROUND 5 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO DRIVE THE TRACTOR UP THE ROAD AND PARK IT. HE DRIVE INTO A CUL-DE-SAC AND CAME OUT AT EXCESSIVE SPEED. HE WAS STOPPED BY THE SUPERVISOR AND TOLD TO SLOW DOWN. HE TOOK OFF, AGAIN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND TURNED THJE TRACTOR OVER WHILE ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN. THE TRACTOR LANDED ON EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHED HIM TO DEATH.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, TRACTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101858264			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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