OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254817
HENSLEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
ASHEVILLE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN BULLDOZER ROLLED OVER ONTO HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 1968 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER BULLDOZER, MODEL NO. TD -15 (SERIES B), SERIAL NO. TD-15BG 22482. HE WAS CLEARING A HOUSING LOT AT 7 LUC KY LANE IN N. ASHEVILLE. THE DOZER'S BUCKET WAS RAISED SO THAT IT RESTED AT A HE IGHT OF ABOUT 6 FEET UP THE TRUNK OF A LARGE OAK TREE WHICH EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRYI NG TO UPROOT. WHEN THE TREE WAS NEARLY PUSHED OVER THE DOZER ROLLED DOWN THE HIL L. EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD WAS CRUSHED. THE DOZER ROLLED OVER TWO COMPLETE TIMES BEFO RE LANDING ON ITS TRACKS. THE GROUND SLOPE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE WAS APPROXIMATE LY 30 DEGREES. THE DOZER HAD NO ROLL-OVER PROTECTION, BUT ROPS WAS NOT REQUIRED ON THE 1968 MODEL BULLDOZER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 72 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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