Motocross Track Owner Killed When Tractor Overturned

Bresnitz, Eddy A.; Bost, Patrick; Gerwel, Barbara; Lefkowitz, Daniel; Ludwig, Gary; O'Hagan, Emily; Schill, Donald; Valiante, David

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03NJ093

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Motocross Track Owner Killed When Tractor Overturned

2004/09/23
By Bresnitz, Eddy A. ; Bost, Patrick ; Gerwel, Barbara ; ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Bresnitz, Eddy A. ; Bost, Patrick ; Gerwel, Barbara ; Lefkowitz, Daniel ; Ludwig, Gary ; ... More +

Bresnitz, Eddy A. ; Bost, Patrick ; Gerwel, Barbara ; Lefkowitz, Daniel ; Ludwig, Gary ; O'Hagan, Emily ; Schill, Donald ; Valiante, David Less -
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New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services.Occupational Health Service

New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services.Occupational Health Service Less -
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On October 18, 2003, a 50-year-old co-owner of a motocross track died when he was crushed under an overturned 1949 farm tractor he was operating to groom a sandy motocross track. His tractor was climbing a sandy berm and pulling a steel I-beam to smooth out the ruts left by riders on the track. The I-beam, connected to the tractor by a chain, became imbedded in the loose, sandy soil and may have exerted resistance to the forward motion of the vehicle. Since the bulk of the weight of the tractor was in the rear, the tractor flipped back and over, and landed on the victim, crushing him. There were no witnesses to the incident. NJ FACE investigators recommend following the following safety guidelines to prevent similar incidents: 1. Alternative vehicles should be utilized for maintaining a motocross track. 2. Tractors should be retrofitted with Roll-Over Protective Structures (ROPS). 3. Education and training on safe use of equipment should be provided to all equipment operators. 4. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
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Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accidents Agricultural-machinery Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention NIOSH Region-2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Tractors Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03NJ093
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

New Jersey
CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

11 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20026750
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2006-112828
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 03NJ093, 2004 Sep; :1-11
Federal Fiscal Year:

2004
Performing Organization:

New Jersey Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

71 - Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
Source Full Name:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
End Date:

2005/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-03NJ093
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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