OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #829622
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
WILMINGTON, DE—
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling oil drum
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was adjusting the row width on a John Deere 444 Cornhead that was su pported by a three point carrier. The oil drums slipped off the carrier and fell onto the employee, severing his trachea and fracturing his ribs. Employee #1 wa s killed. The carrier locks may not have been completely pushed into place.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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