Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14211452

E. W. GRIMS & SON INCORPORATED

Event
ABDOMEN, ROAD GRADER, CRUSHED, PELVIS, BULLDOZER, LEG
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#2841328
Employer profile
E. W. GRIMS & SON INCORPORATED
Summary number
14211452
Report ID
352440

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY TRACTOR BULLDOZER

Investigation abstract

Employees were grading and leveling a roadway approximately 50 ft wide. Employee #1 was bending down on his knees while grading the roadway, and was killed by a Carterpillar bulldozer Model 943-LGP Serial Number 04Z00524. Employee #1 sustai ned injuries to his legs, pelvis, and lower abdomen. He did not hear or did not listen to repeated warnings from the moving equipment.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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