OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525703
KENNEDY GROVES INC.
WINTER BEACH, FL—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM TRACTOR; CRUSHED UNDER TRAILER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 1980 INTERNATIONAL, MODEL 584, LOW PROFILE FARM TRAC THE WAY. HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE WAGON AND THE GROUND AND DRAGG ED 15 FEET, UNTIL THE TRACTOR BECAME STUCK IN A DRAINAGE DITCH. HE WAS CRUSHED T O DEATH. TOR (SER #270581ETY), TOWING A TRAILER. THE TRACTOR WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A ROPS OR SEAT BELT. HE AND HIS HELPER WERE FERTILIZING SMALL TREES THAT WERE PLANTED WITHIN A MATURE GRAPEFRUIT GROVE. THE ROWS OF TREES WERE SEPARATED BY SODDED ROA DS. THE ROADS WERE 15 FEET WIDE AND HAD A 3 FOOT WIDE, SHALLOW FURROW DOWN THE C ENTER. AT THE ROW ENDS THERE WAS A PERPENDICULAR ROAD WHICH WAS USED TO GAIN ACC ESS TO EACH ROW. AS EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN AT THE E ND OF A ROW, HE WAS STRUCK AND KNOCKED FROM THE TRACTOR SEAT BY SOME LIMBS ON TH E TREE TO HIS LEFT. THE TOWED WAGON WAS ATOP HIM BEFORE HE COULD SCRAMBLE OUT OF
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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