OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250989
MARTIN GRADING
ADVANCE, NC·
Event description
HEAVY EQUIPMENT (BULLDOZER) ROLLED OVER, CRUSHING OPERATOR
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 18, 1986, BETWEEN 10:15 AM AND 11:45 AM, A SELF-EMPLOYED HEAVY EQUIPMENT 60 FEET, STOPPING AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAGOON. CAUSAL FACTORS WERE: NO ROPS PROVIDED; NO SEAT BELT PROVIDED; AND POOR JUDGEMENT ON THE PART OF THE BULLDOZER OPERATOR REGARDING DRIVING ON STEEP SLOPES WITH A RAISED, LOADED BUCKET. OPERATOR (EMPLOYEE #1) WAS ALONE AT THE LAGOON CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE SITE IS L OCATED INSIDE THE THOUSAND TRAILS CAMP GROUND, OFF HIGHWAY 64 NEAR THE DAVIE COU NTY LINE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 1973 CATERPILLAR BULLDOZER, WITH A BUCKET ATTACHMENT, TO HAUL ROCK FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAGOON TO THE EAST BANK. TRA CKS INDICATED THAT THE FRONT OF THE DOZER WAS 3 1/2 TO 4 FEET OVER THE EDGE OF A 45 DEGREE INCLINE WHEN IT LOST TRACTION AND OVERTURNED. THE BULLDOZER ROLLED OV ER COMPLETELY TWICE, WITH THE BUCKET RAISED, CRUSHING THE HEAD OF EMPLOYEE #1. T HE BULLDOZER LANDED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, THEN TRAVELLED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.