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Farmer drowns in tractor rollover in Wyoming.

Wyoming Department of Health

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

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/stateface/wy/93wy014.html

20028768

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.

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

19930930

Field Studies; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation

Cooperative Agreement

1993

PB2014-103500

A01

FACE-93WY014; Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-CCU-807083

NAICS-11

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

WY; WV

Wyoming Department of Health