OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255004
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-HWY. DIV. 2
HAVELOCK, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY ROAD GRADER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was the operator of a Galion grader and at the time of the accident was scraping a rural unpaved road which was isolated and infrequently traveled. There were no witnesses to the accident. A postal employee delivering mail on th e road observed a body on the side of the road and saw the grader in the ditch 1 65 feet further down the road from the body. Employee #1's head had been crushed by the rear tires of the grader. Due to the position of the body when the injur ies occurred, it was evident that Employee #1 had been beneath the grader. Entry was not probably caused by Employee #1 accidentally falling from the cab during operation, as the grader steps would have obstructed entrance.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Grader, dozer and scraper operators (855)
- Human factor
- POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.