OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444525
LANFORD BROTHERS COMPANY, INC.
RICHMOND, VA—
Event description
Employee struck and killed by backing tractor
Investigation abstract
At 3:20 a.m., in the southbound lane of I-95, a Ford rubber-tired tractor fitted with a front-mounted rotating broom was backing down a previously milled asphal t traffic lane to begin another sweeping pass. Employee #1 was struck by the lef t rear of the tractor, sustaining broken ribs, a pierced lung, and a fractured s kull. He was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing an orange reflective garment an d there was little to no illumination in the predawn hours.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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