Farm Mechanic Run Over While Servicing a Tractor

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On July 16, 1994, a 75-year-old part-time farm mechanic was killed after he was run over by the farm tractor he was servicing. The incident occurred while the mechanic was apparently trying to test a recharged battery before installing it into the tractor. While the exact circumstances of the incident are unknown, the victim may have inadvertently placed the tractor into gear before trying to start it. Standing beside the tractor, the mechanic apparently reached to the front panel to turn the ignition key. The tractor started, lurched forward, and ran over the mechanic's pelvis before stopping against another farm machine. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should retrofit older tractors with available safety devices. 2. Employers should obtain the owner's manuals and service information for heavy farm equipment and machinery. 3. Employers should ensure that workers are trained in the safe use of machinery before being allowed to operate it. 4. Employers should ensure that all operating controls are clearly marked on farm machinery.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Agriculture
  • Farmers
  • Maintenance
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Staff Development
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-practices
  • Safety-measures
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-practices
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Farming ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94NJ141
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026599
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-105967
• 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 94NJ141, 1995 Apr ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-94NJ141 ; FACE 94-NJ-141-01
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170069/cdc_170069_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 22.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b274f267ee916e682393e37f73413a316b46b085c191e3a8d5d695d04a190ab2d6b2d533e8fb55abe3ae79e08df19fa0aeef46c0723a5fc659549f4b9c033d0