Man, 29, Died when Tractor with Front-end Loader Full of Rocks Overturned

Madsen, Murray D.; Rautiainen, Risto

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE05IA022

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Man, 29, Died when Tractor with Front-end Loader Full of Rocks Overturned

2006/08/18
By Madsen, Murray D. ; Rautiainen, Risto
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Madsen, Murray D. ; Rautiainen, Risto

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Iowa Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Iowa FACE) ; University of Iowa. College of Public Health. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

Iowa Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Iowa FACE) ; University of Iowa. College of Public Health. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Less -
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Mid-spring 2005, a 29-year-old man died when the tractor he was operating overturned upside down pinning him underneath. The 40-year-old tractor had a narrow (tricycle) front axle. It did not have a rollover protective structure (ROPS). A front-end loader was attached to the tractor's frame but no counter-weights had been installed for ballast. The loader with its bucket full of rocks was raised to nearly hood height. The tractor leaned to the right as the man steered it forward at a slight upward angle on a slope. The position of the heavy load, the absence of ballast, the tractor's configuration, the dynamics of the tractor-loader combination and its load in transport on the sloping, uneven terrain contributed to the sudden overturn of this tractor. ROPS and use of the seat belt would likely have prevented this man's death. RECOMMENDATIONS based on our investigation are as follows: 1. agricultural tractors should be equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS) and the seat belt should be used, except with foldable or retractable ROPS in their down or retracted position. 2. ROPS should be designed and readily available for all makes and models of agricultural tractors in common use. 3. Front-end loaders should not be installed on narrow-front ("tricycle") tractors that do not have a ROPS. 4. Operators handling heavy loads should follow manufacturer recommendations for proper equipment, set up, ballasting, and safe operating practices.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Agriculture Equipment-design Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Farmers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-measures Tractors Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Agriculture (0001) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Farming (0013)

All (0000) ; Agriculture (0001) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Farming (0013) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE05IA022
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Iowa ; OSHA Region 7

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CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-6
NIOSHTIC Number:

20035448
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2009-112026
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 05IA022, 2006 Aug; :1-5
Federal Fiscal Year:

2006
Performing Organization:

University of Iowa
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-05IA022
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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