OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254973
HARDAWAY COMPANY
ROSE HILL, NC·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed beneath scraper
Investigation abstract
On November 14, 1987, Employee #1 was operating a loaded road scraper at a const ruction site on Interstate 40 near Rose Hill, NC. While on his way from a borrow pit, he lost control of the vehicle. The scraper drifted to the right and struc k a drainage culvert. Employee #1 was thrown from the vehicle and landed in its path. He was crushed beneath the scraper and died of multiple blunt trauma.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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