Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Wisconsin: Farmer Dies After He is Run Over By Tractor in Farm Field
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Wisconsin: Farmer Dies After He is Run Over By Tractor in Farm Field
A 69-year-old male farmer (the victim) died after being run over by a tractor. He had driven the tractor with an empty chopper wagon to a field to chop corn, and had hooked the wagon to the corn chopper. The event was unwitnessed, but apparently the tractor rolled forward over him, causing crushing chest injuries. He was able to get back on the tractor and drive approximately 1/4 mile home. He got off the tractor at home and used a cordless phone to call for emergency services. Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) found him sitting in a chair at home. The victim spoke a few words to the EMTs, telling them he had been run over by the tractor, and specifying the hospital to take him to. He died in the ambulance, while en route to the hospital. The FACE investigator concluded that, to prevent similar occurrences, farm tractor operators should: (1) Place the transmission in park. (2) Evaluate all hazards in area. (3) Keep the tractor's braking system in repair.
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Wisconsin: Farmer Dies After He is Run Over By Tractor in Farm Field
1996
3 pages
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English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Agriculture & Food , Agricultural Equipment, Facilities, & Operations , Administration & Management , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation , Wisconsin , Farmer , Tractor , Chopper , Accident analysis , Victim run over , Victim died , Recommendations , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) , Emergency medical technicians (EMTs)