Farm Worker Struck-By Back-Hoe in Missouri

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  On March 21, 1997 a 48-year-old male farm worker was run over by a back-hoe. He was apparently preparing to move the back-hoe into a maintenance building on the farm. The victim was standing in front of the right rear tire of the back-hoe when he apparently started it while it was in gear. The back-hoe ran over him, then proceeded across the equipment lot before stopping against a trailer. The victim was a part-time intermittent farm worker. He had worked with the employer for many years and had a good knowledge of most the farm's equipment. The MO FACE investigator concluded that in order to prevent similar occurrences, all employers should: 1. ensure that all back-hoes and heavy equipment be started only when the operator is occupying the operator seat ; 2. ensure all safety switches are maintained and interlocks are operational ; 3. provide training to employee's in hazard recognition and avoidance, along with safe work practices.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program ; not printed on the report
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Agriculture
  • Farmers
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Farmers
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • OSHA Region 7
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-equipment
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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE97MO030
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:20026258
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-110252
• 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 97MO030, 1997 Sep ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  Missouri Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2002/03/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-97MO030
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170269/cdc_170269_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:05e67a397a14e09394db78a7baabff798b6e1fe28c1ec7b6894c48a01dcb3388d37482a39ca6203a6668e7a73e054532fe17a5b8244c42b3bba48870a68e05ea