OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237713
MCCLINTON, INC.
HARRISON, AR·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by grader wheel
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and four coworkers were spreading gravel for a residential driveway. ctured left leg and hip and a ruptured spleen, liver, and aorta. He was killed. A motor grader that travels forward and backward was being used to spread the g ravel. Two employees were standing and talking near the edge of the driveway. Th e grader operator knew that they were there and saw them. Employee #1 had his ba ck to the driveway and a coworker was facing him. Both were aware of the grader. The grader was backing up; the rear wheels, the engine, and the mold board had passed the two employees when for no apparent reason and without warning, Employ ee #1 stepped back with his left foot. The front wheel of the grader caught his foot, pulling him down and under the wheel before it stopped. He sustained a fra
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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