Youth Riding as Passenger on Tractor Killed by Overturn

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• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center ; Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  A 16-year-old female was killed after the tractor on which she was riding as a passenger overturned. She was a high school student
  
  farmed on evenings and weekends. The tractor was driven by a 20-year-old friend while baling hay on a farm at dusk. The driver and the victim had been baling hay all day, and both were experienced farmers. The victim was seated on the fender to the left of the driver. The tractor was a 1969 tricycle-tired John Deere, which was well maintained but was not equipped with a Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) or a seatbelt. The tires were appropriately fluid filled. The driver was reversing the tractor down a slight slope in an open field in order to stab a bale of hay with an attached hayfork. The right rear wheel ran over the hay bale causing the tractor to overturn side-ways on top of the victim and the driver. The driver was pushed clear by one of the tractor's rotating wheels. The victim was pinned underneath the tractor's driver seat and died of compression asphyxiation. In order to prevent similar incidents, the Kentucky FACE investigators recommend that: 1. Individuals should not ride as passengers on an operating tractor, and drivers should not allow extra riders/passengers. 2. Tractor should be equipped with rollover protective structures and seatbelts. 3. Farmers should exercise extra caution using tractors when their ability to see is compromised: e.g. when it is getting dark which may limit visibility, and when operating in reverse. 4. Tractors should be equipped with front-end counterweights. 5. Young farm equipment operators should educate themselves with safety courses and materials, and adhere to recommended operating procedures
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety-belts Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Tractors Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Youth ; Youth Agriculture ; FACE ; Agriculture ; Youth ; Youth Agriculture
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)   ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)  
• Subseries:
  State ; State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE01KY062
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026406
• 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 01KY062, 2002 May ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b0cf6221b26334af13a0dab9f70a9211b9274bc47d9a225848151a6876439ca78accfb5c51dbcdc8655f5615a17e43dabad0384908446626df1cad65ff03141e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170167/cdc_170167_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 104.37 KB ]