Farmer Struck by Truck and Killed on Public Roadway

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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
• Description:
  A 63-year-old farmer was fatally injured after being struck by a truck while transporting hay to his farm. After loading five round bales of hay onto a flatbed wagon the victim drove his tractor down a public roadway to transfer the hay to another pasture for winter storage. Neither the wagon nor the tractor had a Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) emblem, a Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS) or a seat belt. After driving down a highway, about one quarter of a mile, a two-ton log truck struck the back of his flatbed wagon. The tractor rolled over and the victim suffered massive skull injuries when he was thrown from the tractor. A witness who was traveling by car in the opposite direction called 911 to summon help. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner. In order to prevent future fatalities of this type, the FACE investigator recommends: 1. Tractors should be retrofitted with ROPS and seat belts. 2. All equipment should be clearly marked with Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) emblems if used on public roadways. 3. Transporters of harvest products on public roadways should be followed by trailing units to warn other drivers.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-practices Tractors Traumatic-injuries Trucking

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Motor Vehicles
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94KY111
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026300
• 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 94KY111, 1994 Oct ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• 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-512:45c598e5be549741586734ffe7fdcbce7082163bbb6676df89479d0d8119d9de3fe3b94ca18c95d573103080f72fa5a48aa493933eb1dec3130f24579523e806
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170241/cdc_170241_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.71 KB ]