Farmer Dies After Tractor Overturns and Pins Him Beneath Tractor Seat

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99WI055

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Farmer Dies After Tractor Overturns and Pins Him Beneath Tractor Seat

2000/09/09
By Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE) ; Wisconsin. Division of Public Health. Bureau of Occupational Health

Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE) ; Wisconsin. Division of Public Health. Bureau of Occupational Health Less -
Description:

An 49-year-old male part-time farmer (the victim) died when the tractor he was using to uproot a small tree overturned on him. The victim was clearing an old cherry orchard that was no longer used for commercial purposes, to prepare the property for other uses. He had previously removed trees with a chain saw, and dug out the stumps afterward. His 1942 Ford 9N tractor was not fitted with ROPS. The victim attached a chain to the base of a small cherry tree, and the other end to the base of the operator's seat. He was in the operator's seat, and apparently accelerated the tractor to pull on the tree. The tractor flipped over backwards, and the farmer was pinned between the seat and the ground. His wife had been waiting for him to join the family for supper, and went to the field when he failed to return. She found him beneath the tractor, and called for emergency services. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner. The FACE investigator concluded that, to prevent similar occurrences, farm tractor operators should: 1. Follow proper hitching techniques when using a tractor for pulling objects. 2. Use tractors that are fully equipped with an operator restraint system and rollover protective structures (ROPS).
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Agriculture Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Farmers Injuries Injury-prevention NIOSH Region-5 Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-belts Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Tractors Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Agriculture (0001) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Farming (0013)

All (0000) ; Agriculture (0001) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Farming (0013) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99WI055
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Wisconsin
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

2 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028160
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2009-102091
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 99WI055, 2000 Sep; :1-2
Federal Fiscal Year:

2000
Performing Organization:

Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
Source Full Name:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-99WI055
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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