OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194500
DONALD L MCKINNEY PLUMBING
TEMPLE HILLS, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERS A BROKEN LEG WHILE CHANGING OIL OF TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 broke his right leg while attempting to change the oil of an industr ing his left leg. He managed to pull the gears in to neutral when this occurred. His assistant immediately backed the tractor off of his legs. Employee #1 was t hen transported by a fire department ambulance to a local hospital. ial tractor. To get an oil reading, he positioned the tractor with the front buc ket down to level the tractor by raising the front wheel. Since he was not succe ssful in getting an initial reading this way, he decided to see if he could get a reading by turning the engine on. He went to the left side of the tractor and reached into the cab of the tractor to push the engine start button. He thought the gears were in neutral position. However, he did not realize that the gears w ere in forward position. When he pushed the engine start button, the tractor rol led forward, pulled him under the left tires, breaking his right leg, and squeez
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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