1998 Fatality Summaries

1998 Fatality Summaries

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA00201	1/31/98	4213	821	8621	semi-trailer driver

Summary Case Report: 27-year-old self-employed trucker was cleaning the inside of his tanker truck, which was normally filled with liquid asphalt. He was using a mixture of gasoline and diesel fuel, which was the normal procedure. He was working alone, and was not wearing a respirator. He was overcome by the fumes and was asphyxiated while in the tanker. The man was found by his brother who called 911 for rescue.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA00301	2/9/98	2653	767	9160	paper machine operator

Summary Case Report: 40 year old laborer at a corrugated paper manufacturing plant was working at a winder station, helping two other employees thread paper onto the winder machine when a large metal plate fell on top of the victim, pinning him against a beam. He was crushed and died of asphyxiation. The machine did not malfunction.
Full Report

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA00701	1/16/98	7011	524	9660	hotel maid

Summary Case Report: 15-year-old Ecuadorian maid was found stabbed to death in an inner- city hotel. She was not sexually assaulted. Speculation was that she was in the country with falsified documents. Police have no leads in the murder, although a similar case in the same city a few months earlier. Managers at the hotel have changed housekeeping procedures, which now have maids working in pairs as they clean.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA01501	8/23/84	1629	647	8120	farmer

Summary Case Report: 48 year old paraplegic (lower extremities) was working on his farm doing tiling work when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident in his pick-up truck. He received spinal injuries (unspecified), and was paralyzed in his lower extremities. He never returned to farming, but spent most of his time simply sitting in a wheelchair. He suffered a pulmonary embolism and died, indirectly from the MVA years earlier.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA01701	3/15/98	5191	424	9190	seed salesman

Summary Case Report: 48-year-old seed salesman had purchased a small grain elevator, and was towing it behind his truck. While backing out of a driveway, he turned too sharp, wheel went over a snowbank, and it overturned in a street. Several men tried to lift the elevator, assisted by a nylon clothesline attached from a car to the elevator. When it was in the air, the rope broke, and the machine fell hitting the man in the head. Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA02501	4/14/98	5812	521	966	waitress

Summary Case Report: 29-year-old waitress for a 24-hour restaurant was working the night shift. She was found stabbed to death in the men's rest room about 2:30 AM. The case register had been robbed and her car had been stolen. Police found her car a few blocks away and arrested a suspect, but little more is known. A cook was also working at the time, but he did not hear/see anything unusual. She had worked there for 8 months.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA02601	4/9/98	9224	512	9232	volunteer fireman

Summary Case Report: 47-year-old volunteer fireman was with a group of firefighters called to a propane fire at a turkey farm. Juveniles had broken an exposed propane line with resultant release of propane gas, which ignited and was burning. Fire was also coming from the safety valve on the 18,000-gallon tank. Initially it seemed to be a routine fire, but they feared it might blow. While retreating, the tank blew up killing two firefighters.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA02602	4/9/98	9224	512	9232	volunteer fireman

Summary Case Report: 45-year-old volunteer fireman was with a group of firefighters called to a propane fire at a turkey farm. Juveniles had broken an exposed propane line with resultant release of gas, which ignited and was burning. Fire was also coming from the safety valve on the 18,000 gal. tank. Initially it seemed like a routine fire, but they feared it might blow. While retreating, the tank blew up, killing two men.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA02701	4/18/98	5153	552	9139	elevator manager

Summary Case Report: 68 year old station manager at a grain elevator was helping to unload dry corn out of a bin using the bottom unloader auger. He was found missing, and others thought he might be trying to unclog this auger. He was found totally submerged in the grain, dead from suffocation. He was not caught in the auger or even near it. For an unknown reason, he entered bin and was caught in the flowing grain.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA02801	4/14/98	1611	647	8127	road worker

Summary Case Report: 53-year-old road worker for the DOT was part of a crew sealing cracks on an interstate highway. A semi truck entered the work zone crashing into a string of three DOT trucks parked on the roadway. The victim was walking on the roadway and was crushed between two trucks and died at the scene. Another DOT worker, in one of the trucks, died later in the hospital. The semi veered into the median and caught fire.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA02802	4/14/98	1611	821	8120	truck driver

Summary Case Report: 41-year-old truck driver for the DOT was part of a crew sealing cracks on an interstate highway. A semi entered the DOT work zone and crashed into a string of three DOT trucks parked on the highway. The victim was sitting in the first truck that was hit by the semi. He received severe injuries, and died six days later. Another worker was crushed to death between two trucks as he worked on the roadway.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA02901	4/13/98	191	551	8120	farmer

Summary Case Report: 36 year old farmer was driving his pickup truck down a county road when he attempted to cross a bridge at the same time as a garbage truck was crossing from the opposite direction. For unknown reasons, the garbage truck suddenly veered into the opposite lane and struck the pickup head on. The farmer was killed at the scene. His 5-year-old son, seated next to him, was treated and released from the hospital.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA03101	4/19/98	5511	121	9650	owner of auto dealership

Summary Case Report: 69 year old owner of a new car dealership was found shot to death early Monday morning in his place of business. Details are few at this point. Police are treating this as a homicide.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA03201	4/14/98	8811	524	9232	private maid

Summary Case Report: 61-year-old woman was working part-time as a maid for her neighbor. She was working in a new addition for the house, on the lower level. When she plugged in the vacuum cleaner, the house blew up. She was severely burned and died 2 weeks later. There was a faulty propane connection under the addition, and the ground and lower level were saturated with gas. The soil had absorbed the odorant (mercapten) in the propane and there was no warning.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA03401	5/18/98	1711	616	9252	owner of heating / plumbing co.

Summary Case Report: 55 year old owner of a heating + plumbing company was installing a central air conditioning unit on the roof of a high school. His left hand made contact with a 440 volt electrical source and he was killed at the scene from electrocution. Autopsy revealed exit wounds on middle of back and burns on center of chest.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA03501	5/26/98	5153	561	8120	grain handler

Summary Case Report: 64 year old owner of a grain vacuum service was helping to unload a 10,000 bu. bin, half full of dry corn. He was in the bin standing on the corn, while using a 6-inch suction tube to vacuum the corn. The bin auger was malfunctioning, so they were unloading it with a vacuum. The man was discovered missing, and eventually located submerged under the corn, dead from suffocation. Autopsy ruled out cardiac causation but could not determine if the man fainted or had other loss of consciousness. Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA03601	6/17/98	1799	821	9258	truckdriver for house mover

Summary Case Report: 31-year-old worker for a house-moving company was part of a 3-man crew moving a single story house. They used metal railroad rails, welded together, as supports under the house. Victim went under house to get some tools and put his hand on one rail, and was electrocuted. The rail had contacted a power line to the house, which had never been disconnected. Co-worker used a board to move victim's hand off rail.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA03801	5/9/98	191	551	9190	farmer

Summary Case Report: 52-year-old accountant and farmer was using an older narrow-front tractor to move dirt, filling in a ravine. He was traveling across the side of a hill with a load of dirt in his raised bucket when the tractor overturned pinning him underneath one of the rear tires. He was described as an overly cautious worker, and relatives suspect the load may have shifted. The tractor did not have a ROPS (roll over protective structure).

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA03901	6/23/98	191	551	9190	farmer

Summary Case Report: 70-year-old farmer was mowing weeds with a large utility tractor and bushog. He ran out of diesel fuel and his tractor stopped. The farmer refueled tractor and had to bleed air out of the lines. He had his granddaughter push in the clutch so he could turn over the engine. This was necessary due to safety switch. When tractor started the girl let out the clutch and the tractor (still in gear) ran over the victim.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04201	7/27/98	1629	647	888	construction worker

Summary Case Report: 44 year old construction worker for a subcontractor working at a steel mill fell 40 feet from a crane to a grate catwalk. No other details are available. The victim was dead at the scene.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04301	7/27/98	5153	561	9133	farm laborer

Summary Case Report: 42-year-old worker for a large farm was helping to unload grain from a bin filled with 8 feet of corn. A bottom auger was running. When grain stopped flowing, the victim and a co-worker went inside the bin and began probing the grain to break up a suspected grain clump or bridge. The grain caved in burying the victim. The other man barely pulled himself free and ran to shut off auger. Victim died of suffocation.
Full Report with Photo

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04401	5/14/98	1422	821	8492	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 35 tear old Terex truckdriver for a crushed limestone quarry was dumping his truck at a 20-foot high waste dump. Berms or bumpers were not at the site and the victim backed over the edge, overturning the truck onto the driver's side. The victim was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected during the rollover and pinned under the left front tire. He was dead from massive crush injuries.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04501	5/21/98	4953	771	9232	welder

Summary Case Report: 38-year-old construction equipment operator was doing a welding job for a friend, making parts for a garbage truck. He was arc welding at the rear of the truck, using a 55 gal. barrel as a worktable. He accidentally burnt through the lid and the barrel exploded killing him instantly. There was a secondary fire that ensued. The contents of the barrel remain unknown, probably residual diesel fuel or gasoline.
Full Report and Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04601	7/14/98	3273	831	9191	dredge operator

Summary Case Report: 63 year old dredge operator with 7 years experience was found dead lying in 3 ft. of water next to a rock crusher machine for a cement plant. He died from multiple trauma after being caught in the drive belts of the machinery. He was apparently cleaning debris from the machine. By reports, he was not feeling well that day, but autopsy was negative. Belts guards had been removed and were lying nearby.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04701	7/23/98	1459	821	8492	truck driver

Summary Case Report: 42 year old water truck driver for an open pit clay mining company was driving his tractor pulling a 5000 gallon tank watering down a haul road. He failed to make a curve and the rig jack-knifed pushing the tractor into the tank. This crushed a fender, pushing the FOPS forward pinning the man to the steering wheel and forcing his head through the windshield. The victim had eight years mining experience.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04801	8/18/98	191	551	8849	farmer

Summary Case Report: 74-year-old active farmer was preparing a combine to be sold. He was working alone on top of the machine servicing the engine and adding antifreeze. He apparently slipped and fell hitting his head on a metal pipe on the ground. He suffered massive skull fractures and died at the scene. Autopsy could not rule out or confirm natural causes. His old combine did not have sufficient handholds or guardrails around the engine work area.
Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04901	8/24/98	1731	643	9250	electrician

Summary Case Report: 37-year-old electrician was working under a gazebo wiring a hot tub at a private residence. He was found dead lying face down under the structure. Investigation revealed that the metal conduit coming out of a plastic electrical box for the hot tub was electrically hot. The victim had touched this conduit and was electrocuted.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05001	8/6/98	191	551	9190	farmer

Summary Case Report: 70 year old farmer was moving round bales of hay using an old narrow- front tractor with front-end loader. He was working on a side hill. He picked up a bale, turned 180 degrees to go up a slight hill, and overturned the tractor. The farmer was pinned under the tractor with the steering wheel crushing his chest. He was found dead several hours later by family members. No ROPS was on the tractor.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05101	8/20/98	8062	825	8415	helicopter pilot

Summary Case Report: 50 year old helicopter pilot and two crewmembers were enroute on an air rescue mission for a regional hospital when their helicopter crashed in a soybean field. All three crewmembers were killed. Investigation proved mechanical failure, as one main rotor blade hit the tail section of the helicopter, cutting off the tail rotor and sending the aircraft down. Further investigation is pending.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05102	8/20/98	8062	304	8415	paramedic

Summary Case Report: 30-year-old female flight paramedic was a crewmember in a hospital rescue helicopter that crashed in a soybean field. Apparently, one rotor blade malfunctioned and sliced off the tail section of the helicopter sending it to the ground. Two other crewmembers were also killed. Investigation continues, but it appears the accident was caused entirely by mechanical failure.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05103	8/20/98	8062	29	8415	flight nurse

Summary Case Report: 36-year-old female flight nurse was one of three crewmembers in a hospital airlift helicopter enroute to pick up a patient. One rotor apparently malfunctioned and severed off the tail section of the helicopter sending it down. It crashed in a soybean field killing all three of its crew. Investigation continues, but it appears to be entirely due to mechanical failure.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05201	8/9/98	5531	825	8402	airplane pilot

Summary Case Report: 38-year-old auto parts storeowner was flying a small single-engine airplane returning from a business seminar out-of-state. He had two male employees with him. He was flying VFR in the evening and ran into stormy weather. He apparently tried to fly around the storm, but was engulfed in a thunderstorm, and crashed the plane in a roadside ditch. No flight plan was in effect. He was not instrument rated.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05202	8/9/98	5531	436	8403	retail worker

Summary Case Report: 26-year-old part-time worker for an auto parts store was a passenger in a small plane returning from a company seminar. The single-engine plane was piloted by the storeowner, who did not have an instrument rating. They encountered stormy weather, tried to fly around it, but became engulfed in a thunderstorm and crashed in a roadside ditch. No flight plan was in effect. The pilot and 2 passengers were killed.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05203	8/9/98	5531	436	8403	retail sales helper

Summary Case Report: 24-year-old part-time worker for an auto parts retail store was a passenger in a single-engine plane piloted by the storeowner. They were returning from a company seminar out-of-state and encountered bad weather. The pilot tried to fly around the storm, but became engulfed in a thunderstorm and crashed in a roadside ditch. He was not instrument rated. No flight plan was in effect.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05301	7/20/98	9631	615	882	electrician

Summary Case Report: 47-year-old electrician working as a city employee was replacing old transformers in an alleyway. He climbed from the bucket of a lift truck and was working on an old wooden platform removing transformers. He stepped on a rotten board, which gave way, and he fell 25 feet to the alley, striking his head on the pavement. He was not wearing any fall-protective gear. The man was dead at the scene.
Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05401	9/21/98	5153	132	918	manager of grain cooperative

Summary Case Report: 50 year old manager for a grain cooperative was found dead early in the morning in a building at his grain terminal. He appeared to be working on a hydraulic system for a straight grain truck, and became pinned between the truck box and the frame of the truck. The truck was in good operating condition and did not need repair; therefore it raises the question of possible suicide.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05501	9/22/98	4212	821	8100	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 60-year-old semi truck driver hauling a full load of grain was traveling down a gravel road. He crossed a railroad and was hit in the rear duels by a freight train traveling 50 mph. The crossing had warning signs, but no lights or crossing arms. The victim said his view was obstructed by a building. He suffered multiple injuries and broken ribs, was in stable condition, but died six days later.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05601	5/22/98	191	551	9190	farmer

Summary Case Report: 76 year old farmer was found dead lying under a rotary mower which was attached to the 3-point hitch of a tractor. The mower and tractor were in a machine shed on the victim's farm. The farmer was apparently working under the mower when it came down crushing him in the chest. A friend found the victim. The man worked alone and the event was unwitnessed.
Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05701	6/17/98	1794	831	9197	backhoe operator

Summary Case Report: 51-year-old operator of a tractor backhoe was working in a friend's backyard looking for a sewer leak. He was done for the day, and was trying to position and pin the backhoe to the tractor for transport. While standing on the ground, he started the tractor to reposition the backhoe, and the tractor, which was in gear, immediately ran over him. He suffered multiple injuries and was killed instantly.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05801	9/14/98	5191	561	9190	tractor operator

Summary Case Report: 65-year-old part-time farmer was using a tractor with front-end loader to load corn cobs into a truck. He was working alone on a slight slope. He apparently drove too far backwards and pinned himself against a branch of a pear tree, which pushed him against the steering wheel and caused head/chest injuries. The tractor had no ROPS, but if it did, it would have prevented this accident.
Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA05901	3/3/98	4581	611	8850	aircraft mechanic

Summary Case Report: 65 year old aircraft mechanic and instructor was walking across the tarmac at a private air service when he slipped on a small patch of ice and injured his cervical spine. He underwent surgery and recovered but refused to wear elastic stockings as required by his doctor. He developed well-defined blood clots in his legs and died from a massive pulmonary embolus four months later. Autopsy confirmed as work injury.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06001	4/22/98	212	551	9068	cattle farmer

Summary Case Report: 50 year old farmer was in his pasture tagging beef cattle when one of them kicked him in the chest, above the heart. His thorax was crushed and he died immediately from internal bleeding. No autopsy was performed.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06101	5/19/98	3271	821	9251	truckdriver / deliveryman

Summary Case Report: 40-year-old truckdriver for a concrete block manufacturer was picking up pallets at a job site using a heavy-duty boom truck. While standing on the ground and operating the boom, he moved it into a 7500-volt powerline and was immediately electrocuted.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06201	6/4/98	5511	821	8120	driver for auto company

Summary Case Report: 67 year old driver for an auto dealership was delivering a car to the company when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the centerline, and collided head-on with a truck in the opposite lane. He was killed immediately. His normal occupation had been a farmer.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06301	10/22/98	191	551	9190	farmer

Summary Case Report: 46 year old farmer was driving a narrow-front tractor equipped with a front-end loader which was holding up one end of a broken plow by a chain. Another tractor was in front lifting the plow with its 3-point hitch. The victim and a relative were driving out of a field onto a gravel road. When they turned the corner, the pull from the first tractor caused the other to rollover in the ditch, crushing the victim

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06401	8/11/98	3272	876	9192	factory laborer

Summary Case Report: 25-year-old laborer for a pre-stressed concrete company was walking under a large concrete form, which was being moved overhead by a crane. One of the supporting hooks on the form slipped and the huge form came crashing to the ground, crushing the worker underneath. Company regulations forbid employees from working or walking under forms when they are being moved.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06501	7/19/98	5541	876	9530	laborer

Summary Case Report: 25 year old laborer at a truck stop was distraught with domestic problems and separation from his wife. He was found dead inside one of the shower stalls at the truckstop. Cause of death was suicide by hanging.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06601	5/6/98	4213	821	885	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 43 year old self-employed truckdriver had parked his truck near his driveway at his residence, then began to walk up an embankment toward his house, rather than using the sidewalk. He slipped and fell back, hitting his head on the running board of his truck. He suffered a cervical neck fracture and died 2 days later from a stroke. The man had ankylosing spondylitis, which predisposed him to spinal fracture.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06701	10/13/98	191	561	9190	Farmwife / helper

Summary Case Report: 50-year-old wife of a grain farmer was helping her husband move beans from one wagon to another in a farm field. One bean wagon, full of beans, had broken down and they were emptying the beans into another wagon. The grain box was poorly attached to the running gear, and while unloading the grain, the center of gravity shifted causing the wagon to fall to the side crushing and asphyxiating the woman underneath.
Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06801	8/11/98	1731	643	9252	electrician

Summary Case Report: 47 year old electrician was working from an aluminum extension ladder leaning against a steel building, replacing an emergency light system at a city landfill. The operating voltage of the light was 277 volts. The base of the fixture was open and multiple wires were exposed. The victim was apparently electrocuted as entry and exit wounds were found on his left hand. He fell 15 feet to the ground and was asystole.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA06901	11/10/98	253	561	908	laborer at turkey farm

Summary Case Report: 32 year old worker at a turkey farm was on top of a turkey building with other workers trying to nail down a piece of loose tin. It was a very gusty day, and a large gust of wind (described as a mini-tornado) suddenly tore the roof off the building, throwing the victim and roof debris to the ground. The man received severe head injuries and died.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA07001	7/25/98	783	573	8849	tree trimmer

Summary Case Report: 22-year-old self-employed tree trimmer was working at a private home topping out a tree. An assistant was operating a truck tied to the limb the victim was cutting. Suddenly the limb broke off and fell, and the victim fell also, receiving fatal head injuries when he hit the ground. The branch did not land on the victim. He was wearing a safety harness and tree-climbing spikes. Exact cause of accident is unknown.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA07101	5/19/98	7538	611	916	owner of auto mechanic shop

Summary Case Report: 42 year old owner of an auto mechanic shop, along with one of his employees, was found crushed to death under a tow truck that they were repairing. The men used the hydraulic lift to raise the rear end of the tow truck, then put a jack stand under to support it. They then took off the rear wheels which defeated the parking brake, making the truck very unsteady. It simply fell off the jack stand while the men were working underneath. The "stinger" of the tow truck was in a slightly inclined position, which made the jack stand easily slip out of position.
Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA07102	5/19/98	7538	611	916	auto mechanic

Summary Case Report: 48-year-old auto mechanic was working with the owner of their auto repair shop, repairing a tow truck. The men used the hydraulic lift to raise the rear end of the tow truck, then put a jack stand under to support it. They then took off the rear wheels which defeated the parking brake, making the truck very unsteady. It simply fell off the jack stand while the men were working underneath. The "stinger" of the tow truck was in a slightly inclined position, which made the jack stand easily slip out of position.
Full Report with Photos

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA07201	10/15/98	191	551	8257	farmer

Summary Case Report: 48-year-old farmer was loading grain into a semi-truck in a field driveway on his farm. The semi driver was positioning his truck, and the farmer was moving his tractor and wagon when he slipped off the top step of his tractor and fell backwards on the ground, directly in front of the dual tires of the semi tractor. He was partially run over and sustained fatal chest injuries. The top step was actually the cover for a battery case, in poor alignment with other tractor steps. It had been raining and was muddy.
Full Report with Photos