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Airport Manager Killed When Homemade Drag Struck Him While Smoothing a Runway
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2015/03/04
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Description:In fall 2013, a private airport manager in his 80s died when the homemade drag he was using "flipped" up and struck him in the head. The decedent was operating a narrow front Allis-Chalmers D17 tractor. Attached to the rear of the tractor was a drag used to level the soil. The decedent constructed the drag using two 4-inch by 6-inch by 14-foot treated wood posts attached to four 8-foot channel-style steel beams and one shorter middle channel-style steel beam. The drag was attached to the lift arms of the tractor's three-point hitch. At the second steel beam, the decedent had attached a screw-in bolt in the wood, attached the chain to the bolt, and the chain to each lift arm. At some point during the leveling of the soil, the drag caught on something on the ground and "flipped" up, coming to rest upright against the back of the tractor. One of the drag's steel beams struck the decedent's head. Police indicate it appeared the tractor stopped immediately. When the decedent was found, the tractor was still running. Emergency response was called and he was declared dead at the scene. Factors contributing to this incident: 1. Rutted, clumpy, uneven soil in area he was leveling. 2. Construction of the home made drag. 3. Chains vs hard attachment to tractor. 4. No roll over protective structure (ROPS) on tractor. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Evaluate site conditions and select proper tool for the task to be performed. 2. Older tractors should be retrofitted with a roll over protective structure (ROPS).
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Pages in Document:1-5
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NIOSHTIC Number:nn:20045951
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NTIS Accession Number:PB2015-104092
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Citation:Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 13MI102, 2015 Mar;:1-5;
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Federal Fiscal Year:2015
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Performing Organization:Michigan State University
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End Date:2026/06/30
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