On November 6, 1995 a 45-year-old laborer for a landscaping company died from injuries sustained when the tractor he was driving rolled over on him. The deceased was using a John Deere model 2440 tractor equipped with a front bucket and rear grading blade. He had filled the bucket with dirt and was backing away from the dirt pile when the tractor rolled over. The terrain on which the tractor was located was sloping at an angle of 13 to 17 degrees. He had the bucket approximately six feet above ground level as he backed up and turned the vehicle. Skid marks in the dirt indicated that he was backing at an excessive speed for the terrain. Because the bucket was in an elevated position, the tractor's center of gravity was high. These two factors contributed to the tractor turning over. The tractor was not equipped with a roll over protection system (ROPS) and the driver was crushed by the tractor seat and controls.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Colorado: Landscape Laborer Dies When the Tractor He is Driving Overturns
1996
5 pages
Report
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English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Job Environment , Industrial Safety Engineering , Laborers , Fatalities , Accident investigations , Occupational safety and health , Tractors , Crushing injuries , Traumatic injuries , Work operations , Colorado , Safety measures , Protective equipment , Agricultural workers , Equipment operators