Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200750230 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRACTOR ROLLED OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 200750230 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 08/31/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122053416	09/01/1998	0783	0	Jan'S Construction

Abstract: An employee was using a 1997 John Deere tractor with a brush hog attached to clear brush from under an overhead power line. He was not wearing the installed seat belt. As he was operating the tractor on the side of a hill with a 20- to 22-degree incline, the tractor rolled over onto its left side, pinning the employee between the rollover protective cage and the ground. He died of injuries sustained in the accident.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, ROPS, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRACTOR, SLOPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122053416			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers

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