Farmer Dies After Being Run Over By A Tractor [00MN008]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE) ; Minnesota. Department of Health
• Description:
  A 60-year-old male farmer (victim) died after he was run over by a tractor. On the day of the incident the victim and his sons were finishing planting their fields. Near the end of the day the victim drove to a nearby farm to get a tractor and digger to prepare a small field for planting. After he arrived at the farm he entered the cab of a four-wheel drive tractor equipped with dual wheels on both the front axle and the rear axle. He turned the ignition key but the tractor's starter failed to operate. On several occasions prior to the incident the starter failed to operate due to improper functioning of a safety switch in the transmission's shift lever linkage. The victim used a two-way radio to contact one of his sons and told him the tractor would not start. The victim's son drove to the location of the tractor to help start it. They decided to activate the starter by contacting the shaft of screwdriver to the terminals of the starter. The victim and his son walked between the front and rear wheels on the left side of tractor. The victim's son stood near the side of the tractor while his father stood in front of the rear wheels and held a flashlight. The victim's son touched the shaft of the screwdriver to the starter terminals and the engine started. The tractor moved forward and knocked both men to the ground. The victim's son rolled to the area directly beneath the tractor. The victim fell to the ground in front of the left rear wheels and was run over by them. The victim's son stood up after the tractor moved past him and he entered the cab of the tractor and stopped it. He used a two-way radio to notify family members of the incident. They placed a call to emergency personnel who arrived at the scene shortly after being notified of the incident. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately one hour later. MN FACE investigators concluded that to reduce the likelihood of similar occurrences, the following guidelines should be followed: 1. machinery should only be started when a qualified operator is seated in the operator's seat
  
  and 2. machine components and safety equipment should be maintained in proper working order.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 5 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Tractors Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Farming
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00MN008
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027649
• 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 00MN008, 2001 Mar ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Minnesota Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2aee9086db41ad9e359412056313c6ee0dc08b54a9224f6251cd6b9122f26f91c655242580f36060c80ece8cf03e69622be7d342448b45d8b85977c60d5f54e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167087/cdc_167087_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 117.94 KB ]