Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201081460 - Employee crushed when tractor overturned into river

Accident Summary Nr: 201081460 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/18/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120328448	02/18/1999	0175	0	Norman Liddell

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on February 18, 1999, a grounds maintenance employee was working on a 5-acre walnut and orange tree grove. He was using a tractor to move dirt to shore up the east side of a levee on the property. During the third run, he drove to close to the levee and the tractor overturned into the river on the other side of the levee, crushing and killing him. The employee was not properly trained regarding the operation of the tractor.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, AGRICULTURE, FARM MACHINERY, CRUSHED, RIVER, TRACTOR, DROWN, UNTRAINED, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120328448			Fatality	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction

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