Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200962793 - Employee'S Leg Injured When Caught Against Trailer Hitch
Accident: 200962793 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 05/04/1999 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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302687389 | 05/05/1999 | 0181 | Moon Nurseries Of Md., Inc. | ||||
Employee #1, a 19-year-old nursery worker, was standing at the tongue of a trailer while a coworker backed a Massey-Ferguson farm tractor, model 135, toward the trailer to hitch them together. The coworker stopped and dismounted to help Employee #1 with the connection. As he left his seat, the tractor, which was in reverse gear, rolled backward and pinned Employee #1 against the trailer tongue. He was hospitalized with severe bruising and torn muscles in his left leg. Neither Employee #1 nor the coworker had received operational instructions. | |||||||
Keywords:
vehicle in gear, agriculture, work rules, farm machinery, trailer hitch, caught between, crushed, untrained, backing up, leg
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 302687389 | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Nursery workers |