OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526933
BIG CYPRESS CITRUS INC.
CLEWISTON, FL—
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY THE WHEEL OF A TOWED POWER SPRAYER
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 28, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1, A FARM LABORER, WAS RIDING ON THE RUNNING BOARD OF . EMPLOYEE #1 DIED ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. AN FMC SPEED POWER SPRAYER BEING TOWED BY A FARM TRACTOR. THE TRACTOR WAS TRAVE LLING AT ABOUT 12 MILES PER HOUR. THE SPRAYER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH HAND HOLDS O R OTHER TYPE OF FALL PROTECTION. THE METAL RUNNING BOARD WAS 5 FEET LONG, AND 14 INCHES WIDE. LOCATED BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE RUNNING BOARD AND THE WHEEL OF THE SPRAYER WAS A 10 INCH SPACE. SOMEHOW EMPLOYEE #1'S FOOT BECAME WEDGED INTO THE SPACE. THE TRAILER WHEEL PULLED EMPLOYEE #1 FROM THE RUNNING BOARD AND UNDER THE WHEEL. THE WHEEL RAN OVER THE LOWER PORTION HIS TORSO. THE SPRAYER WAS LOADED W ITH SEVERAL HUNDRED GALLONS OF WATER. THE ENTIRE RIG WEIGHTED ABOUT 8,000 POUNDS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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