OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463731
NORTHSIDE SANITARY LANDFILL INC
ZIONSVILLE, IN—
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by tractor
Investigation abstract
At 10:40 a.m. on June 20, 1985, Employee #1, age 15, was using a 19538-N Ford tr actor and a small two-wheel trailer to haul trash from around the premises to a landfill up a hillside. The ball trailer hitch came off while he was at the land fill, and Employee #1 returned to the maintenance shop for another ball and nut. As he was going back to get the trailer, the tractor ran down a 6 foot embankme nt, struck a tree, and flipped over on top of him. Employee #1 was pronounced de ad at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 15 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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