Farmer Died as Result of Starting Tractor on Ground

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
• Description:
  In 2004, a 78-year-old male farmer was severely injured when he was run over by the rear wheel of his 1960s vintage model 1650 Oliver tractor. The deceased had hooked up a 150-gallon pull-type boom sprayer so he could eradicate weeds near his 60-acre soybean field. After dismounting from the tractor and mixing the solution in the sprayer, he attempted to start the tractor while standing on the ground. Unbeknownst to him, the tractor was in forward gear and when he started it he was unable to move out of the way of the rear tire and the tire ran over him. In order to prevent similar incidents in the future: 1. Start tractors only when you are on the tractor platform sitting in the operator's seat, check the engine throttle position, disengage the clutch, shift transmission into neutral or park, set the brakes, ensure the power take off is disengaged. 2. Establish a farm safety plan that includes work rules such as starting the tractor from a seated position on the operator's platform. 3. Recognize potential human factor limitations movement associated with aging. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Automobiles Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Humans Injuries Motor-vehicles Tractors Traumatic-injuries Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041148
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, Department of Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, HA#5, 2005 Mar; :1
• Email:
  debra.chester@ht.msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State Department of Labor and Economic Growth
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Farmer died as a result of starting tractor on ground
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b2d2dc543b96418af73ed6ff87233e5c146aeae33f6614b5775d6d07ca54c14c37a18e296ff529b2fd0033fa91313e23d921cf8598ad6c79351a7bb3a171e2c7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228670/cdc_228670_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 824.24 KB ]