Tractor Overturn Kills Farmer

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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 60-year-old farmer died when the tractor he was operating rolled over on top of him. The victim was attempting to hook up a camper to a tractor in order to pull it to a paved roadway. Having recently sold the camper, the farmer, assisted by the buyer, was preparing to remove it from the farmer's property. The victim, driving a tractor which was equipped with a front-end loader, pulled forward past the tongue of the camper in order to line up the tractor draw bar with the camper tongue. The ground sloped more than one-half inch per foot downward toward the front of the camper. As he pulled forward and downhill, the right front wheel slid over an embankment causing the tractor to roll over. Evidence at the scene, such as indentations in the ground and pushed over brush and cedar trees, suggest that the tractor slid, then rolled just once before coming to rest on the victim. The right rear fender crushed the victim's skull. The investigator concluded that to prevent similar occurrences, tractor owners and operators should: 1. contact county extension agent or local equipment dealers to determine if retrofit rollover protection and seat belts are available for their equipment. 2. evaluate the slope of the land and ground conditions before beginning a procedure. 3. remove extra weight from the front end to assure balance in the equipment's center of gravity and improve visibility. 4. keep equipment in good working order.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Tractors Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94KY040
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026281
• 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 94KY040, 1994 Aug ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• 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-512:181344a79f9f38948cdaf4d7e32d2da3fd6947db4d6f45ccc4d79dfc661c3c9fbedf35b9d02a7d48c1f4c2cbb76a28de34a56b4d3b8213375e1d370e5e54e70c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170253/cdc_170253_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 105.94 KB ]