OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204242
ROLL-OVER,CONSTRUCTION,ROAD GRADER,CRUSHED,TRAILER,SLOPE,TIRE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN GRADER ROLLS OVER
Investigation abstract
On July 7, 1987, Employee #1 was engaged in grading a temporary haul road on a h quarters of the way over. Employee #1 was killed in the cab, which was not suppl ied with a roll-over protective structure. ighway widening project. The road section being graded was approximately 200 fee t long and ran from a nearly flat grade at the bottom of the slope to about 20 p ercent grade at the top of the slope. Employee # 1 was driving the grader up the hill and intended to grade the road when coming down the hill. Employee #1 was approximately three quarters the way up the hill when he met an oncoming semi-tr uck and trailer. Employee #1 backed the grader down the hill rapidly to get out of the way of the truck. Toward the bottom of the slope, the right rear tires of the grader ran off the edge of the road bank, causing the grader to roll three
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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