OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14530463
THE RHODE ISLAND NURSERIES INCORPORATED
MIDDLETOWN, RI—
Event description
CRUSHED BY NURSERY EQUIPMENT (ROOT PRUNER)
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WORKING ALONE, WAS MOVING FARM EQUIPMENT FROM ONE GARAGE TO ANOTHER. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING TWO TRUCKS AROUND, THE EMPLOYEE WALKED BETWEEN A HAY WAGON AND A ROOT PRUNER. THE ROOT PRUNER FELL OVER, PINNING THE EM PLOYEE AND FATALLY INJURING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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