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Migrant Worker Dies In Tractor Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Migrant Worker Dies In Tractor Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
On September 13, 2002, a 26 year-old male Hispanic migrant worker (decedent) died when the tractor he was driving on a country roadway overturned. The decedent had experience driving the tractor in a field, but did not have experience driving it on a public roadway. On the afternoon of the incident, the decedent drove the tractor, pulling a wagonload of tobacco, from the farm where it had been harvested to the tobacco barn one mile away. The road was hilly and had a sharp curve to the right at the bottom of the hill. As the decedent drove the tractor …
Asphalt Compactor Operator Dies When Machine Slides And Falls 17 Feet, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Asphalt Compactor Operator Dies When Machine Slides And Falls 17 Feet, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Motor Vehicle
A 32-year-old woman (the decedent) was killed when the asphalt compactor she was operating slid over an embankment and dropped 17 feet to a roadway below. At the time she was pressing an asphalt joint joining a roadway and a shoulder/emergency lane. She was two miles behind the asphalt truck and 1000 feet in front of a flat bed truck. The location of the incident had been identified as a possible hazardous location and her supervisors had instructed her to use extra caution in that area. The decedent was trained and had several years of experience operating an asphalt compactor. …
Evitando La Infección Del Nilo Occidental, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Evitando La Infección Del Nilo Occidental, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other
No abstract provided.
Avoiding West Nile Virus While Working, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Avoiding West Nile Virus While Working, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other
No abstract provided.
Preventing Worker Electrocutions, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Preventing Worker Electrocutions, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other
No abstract provided.
15-Year-Old Dies In Utility Golf Cart Overturn, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
15-Year-Old Dies In Utility Golf Cart Overturn, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Other
A fifteen-year-old golf course worker (the victim) was killed when the utility golf cart he was operating overturned. The victim was employed by the golf club adjacent to which he and his family resided and had driven the utility golf cart to his home located at the top of a hill to change clothes. Before leaving work for his residence, he contacted a friend who then came to his house on a regular course golf cart (not a utility cart). After the victim changed clothes, he and his friend left the victim’s home. Then on their respective carts, traveled downhill …
Brick Mason Dies From Fall Through Scaffolding, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Brick Mason Dies From Fall Through Scaffolding, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Falls
A 62 year-old male brick mason (victim) died after he fell approximately 55 feet through masonry scaffolding. He worked for a masonry subcontracting company contracted to do the masonry work on a new building. The victim was performing ongoing work laying brick at the construction site. At approximately 7:15 AM the victim entered the building he was bricking and ascended to the 4th floor where he reached his workstation. He stepped out of an opening from the building onto the scaffolding outside. As he did so, he stepped over two mason boards (20 inches combined width), which were closest to …
Construction Worker Dies After Being Struck By A Falling Excavator Bucket, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Construction Worker Dies After Being Struck By A Falling Excavator Bucket, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Other
A 44-year-old construction worker (victim) was killed when a 36-inch-wide bucket weighing more than 1000 pounds, detached from its quick release coupler and fell from an excavator, landing on him as he was working in a trench. The victim and another worker had been in the trench preparing it for a pre-formed concrete manhole that they were about to install. Their supervisor (the excavator operator) sat and waited in the excavator, with the engine running, and the bucket raised a few feet above ground level so that it would be out of the way. The second man in the trench …
Youth Riding As Passenger On Tractor Killed By Overturn, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Youth Riding As Passenger On Tractor Killed By Overturn, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 16-year-old female was killed after the tractor on which she was riding as a passenger overturned. She was a high school student; farmed on evenings and weekends. The tractor was driven by a 20-year-old friend while baling hay on a farm at dusk. The driver and the victim had been baling hay all day, and both were experienced farmers. The victim was seated on the fender to the left of the driver. The tractor was a 1969 tricycle-tired John Deere, which was well maintained but was not equipped with a Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) or a seatbelt. The …
Manténgase Fresco Cuando Tenga Calor!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Manténgase Fresco Cuando Tenga Calor!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other
No abstract provided.
Keeping Your Cool When Feeling Hot Around The Collar!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Keeping Your Cool When Feeling Hot Around The Collar!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other
No abstract provided.