Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100567361 - Northern Great Plains Research Center - Usda/Ars

Inspection Information - Office: Bismarck Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100567361

Report ID: 0830300

Date Opened: 06/20/1990

Site Address:
Northern Great Plains Research Center - Usda/Ars
South Highway 6
Mandan, ND 58554

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 459, Mandan, ND 58554

Union Status: Union

SIC:9641

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership:

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/21/1990

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/22/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360454979

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 879833

Event: 06/18/1990

Employee crushed and killed by farm tractor in rollover

Employee #1 was applying an herbicide to leafy spurge weeds using a rear mounted tank with spray bar mounted on a Massey Ferguson model 180 farm tractor. He was spraying on the side of a hill inside a coulee. The ground cover consisted of long slough and pasture grasses as well as leafy spurge, and the area was damp from recent rainfalls. While driving along the side of a hill, Employee #1 encountered a steep embankment with a 26 degree pitch, and the rear wheels began to lose traction on the wet grasses. The tractor overturned 180 degrees, trapping Employee #1 underneath one of its rear wheels and a fender, and crushing his chest. Employee #1 was killed. The 1967 model tractor was not equipped with a rollover protection device or an enclosed cab.

Keywords: CHEST, EMBANKMENT, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, ROPS, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, SLIPPERY SURFACE, TRACTOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100567361			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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