Farm tractor overturns crushing part-time farmer/dentist.
Authors
Indiana State Department of Health
Source
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 95IN039, 1995 Apr; :1-6
Abstract
A 41-year-old male part-time farmer/dentist (the victim) was crushed when the borrowed vintage farm tractor he was operating flipped over while attempting to pull out recently cut sapling stumps out of the ground with a log chain. The vintage farm tractor was not equipped with a Rollover Protection System (ROPS) or seat restraints. The victim had used the borrowed vintage tractor many times before without incident. In this incident the rear hitch was missing and the victim preceded to secured the log chain around the tractor seat causing the tractor to flip end over end onto the victim when the power was applied. The FACE investigator concluded in order to prevent similar occurrences' farmers should: 1. Equip any age tractor with a Rollover Protection System (ROPS) and seat restraints. 2. Only use equipment as intended by the manufacture. Read, understand, and follow manufacture's information manual if one is available. 3. Only use the rear hitch to tow loads.
Keywords
Region-5; Accident-analysis; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Tractors; Agricultural-machinery; Agricultural-workers; Farmers
Document Type
Field Studies; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
Funding Type
Cooperative Agreement
NTIS Accession No.
PB2007-107199
Identifying No.
FACE-95IN039; Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-CCU-508672
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Performing Organization
Indiana State Department of Health
