Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170804298 - Employee killed when struck by unmanned tractor

Accident Summary Nr: 170804298 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 10/19/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124778689	10/20/1994	0191	0	Louis E Hamilton & Steve Hamilton

Abstract: Employee #1, of Rainbow Hill Ranch, Dallas, OR, was using a 4230 John Deere tractor to push brush into a burn pile. Apparently, he had stopped the tractor at the top of the hill and dismounted. When the tractor began to roll backward down the hill, Employee #1 was hit in the head by the bucket as he possibly attempted to stop the runaway tractor. Employee #1 was found dead in the field at approximately 9:30 p.m.

Keywords: HEAD, AGRICULTURE, LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR, UNMANNED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124778689			Fatality	Other	Farm workers

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