OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14264295
CONSTRUCTION,BACK,RUN OVER,TIRE
Event description
Employee killed when run over by Ditch Witch
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a Ditch Witch operator and construction crew foreman, was run over by the Ditch Witch he was operating. The left rear tire of the machine stopped o n the middle of his back, leaving him unable to breathe. Employee #1 died the ev ening of January 25, 1989.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 843
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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