Farmer Pinned Beneath Tractor Overturned To the Rear

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE) ; Michigan State University. Department of Medicine. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Description:
  On February 11, 2001, a 40-year-old part-time male farmer was killed when his 1950 agricultural tractor overturned to the rear while attempting to free a stuck pickup truck from a frozen, muddy field. The victim and a helper were working together to free the truck. The victim attached a log chain from the rear bumper of the pickup truck to the top link connection of the tractor's three-point hitch. The helper started the truck and placed the truck in reverse gear, ready to assist the victim, who was using the tractor. While attempting to pull the truck out of the mud, the front of the tractor bounced up and down several times, then upset to the rear, landing on the victim. Unable to assist, the driver of the truck ran to the victim's house and called 911. The Fire Department responded, and determining that the victim had no vital signs, contacted the medical examiner. The medical examiner pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Recommendations: Proper equipment and procedures to free and tow a stuck vehicle, such as a 4-wheel drive truck. 1. Tractor owners can retrofit many older tractors with a Rollover Protection System (ROPS) that includes a seat belt. 2. Farm tractor operators should always follow recommended hitching techniques when using a tractor. 3. Only use farm equipment as intended by the manufacturer. Pulling motor vehicles or fixed objects, such as a tree stump or fence post, with a farm tractor is a misapplication of the intended use of an agricultural tractor. Read, understand, and follow the manufacturer's operator's manual.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
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• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Agricultural-workers Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 5 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Tractors Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Hispanic
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE01MI015
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026776
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-109006
• 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 01MI015, 2001 Dec ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2002/09/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95f81cf5fcc6454b0415285e4a89097752a034dda2ff408e10c32b44bcf72e0ff3e55d0315c4d39719afdcdee6ecee558013ece659cd1c1e8f042b2b6976cb78
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169195/cdc_169195_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 335.44 KB ]