OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14293476

EMBANKMENT,FRACTURE,GRADER,ROLL-OVER,ROPS,CRUSHED,SKULL

1986-12-31T00:00:00

Event: EMBANKMENT,FRACTURE,GRADER,ROLL-OVER,ROPS,CRUSHED,SKULL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14293476
Report ID: 1054116

Event description

ROAD GRADER PLOWING SNOW ROLLED OVER, KILLING DRIVER

Investigation abstract

ON DECEMBER 31, 1986, A WORKER EMPLOYED BY AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT DID NOT RETURN HOME FROM HIS TASK OF PLOWING SNOW. THE WORKER'S WIFE AND SOME NEIGHBORS WENT T O SEARCH FOR HIM AND FOUND THE GRADER HE HAD BEEN OPERATING 60-75 FEET DOWN A ST EEP EMBANKMENT. THE GRADER, AN AUSTIN-WESTERN SUPER 300, HAD ROLLED DOWN THE BAN K. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED, AS THE ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF A CRUSHED SKULL.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
855

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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