Farmer drowns in tractor rollover in Wyoming.
Authors
Wyoming 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 93WY014, 1993 Sep; :1-3
Abstract
A 71 year old male rancher died from injuries suffered while mowing a horse pasture adjacent to a creek behind his house. The victim had borrowed a tractor and mower from a neighbor and, while mowing, had tipped the tractor over and become pinned under it. He was found by the owner of the tractor five days after the incident had occurred. Evidence at the scene indicates that the victim had been pinned under the tractor tire with his face in the water of a creek that the tractor had fallen into. He had apparently attempted to extricate himself but the attempt was futile. Employers may be able to minimize the potential for occurrence of this type of incident through the following precautions: 1. Discouraging elderly family members from working alone around farm machinery. 2. Schedule hazardous routine ranch duties so that elderly family members won't be subjected to added risk.
Keywords
Region-8; Accident-analysis; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Work-operations; Work-analysis; Work-areas; Work-performance; Work-practices; Safety-education; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures; Safety-monitoring; Equipment-operators; Farmers; Tractors; Age-factors; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-machinery; Agricultural-workers; Agriculture
Document Type
Field Studies; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
Funding Type
Cooperative Agreement
NTIS Accession No.
PB2014-103500
Identifying No.
FACE-93WY014; Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-CCU-807083
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Performing Organization
Wyoming Department of Health
