Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201480324 - Employee dies of asphyxia when pinned under tractor

Accident Summary Nr: 201480324 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 03/11/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119794048	03/11/1997	0172	0	Harris Vineyards

Abstract: At approximately 10:40 a.m. on March 11, 1997, Employee #1 was operating a 1944 Farmall model H tractor with an attached two-wheeled utility trailer loaded with two bundles of grape stakes. He was driving down a hill leading into one of the vineyard fields when the tractor flipped over and landed on top of him. Employee #1 was pinned under the tractor and died of asphyxiation due to mechanical compression of his chest.

Keywords: CHEST, ASPHYXIATED, SUFFOCATED, AGRICULTURE, PINNED, FARM MACHINERY, TRACTOR, SLOPE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119794048			Fatality	Asphyxia	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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