On August 16, 2005, a 58-year-old male retired teacher/farmer was killed when the 48-year-old restored tractor he was driving overturned to the side and pinned him under the tractor seat and steering wheel. The decedent was mowing an unevenly sloped area between the property's driveway and a bean field with a rotary field mower, commonly known as a brush hog, attached behind the tractor. It appears that while mowing the slope, either the tractor wheel and/or the brush hog struck a stump, causing the tractor and brush hog to turn over to the side. The tractor was not equipped with a rollover protection structure (ROPS)/seat belt. The decedent's wife left the home that morning at 7:30 a.m. and returned home at about 9:00 p.m. Her husband was not home, and she assumed that he went to the county fair. She awoke at 3:00 a.m. and noticed he had left his wallet. She immediately began searching the property and finally found him under the tractor. She called 911. Emergency response arrived and he was declared dead at the scene.


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    Titel :

    Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Michigan: Retired Teacher/Farmer Dies When Pinned Under Overturned Tractor


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2007


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch