Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200962793 - Employee's leg injured when caught against trailer hitch

Accident Summary Nr: 200962793 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 05/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302687389	05/05/1999	0181	0	Moon Nurseries Of Md., Inc.

Abstract: 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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302687389			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Nursery workers

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