OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297089
ALBAN TRACTOR CO INC
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD·
Event description
RUN OVER BY GRADER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A DIESEL MECHANIC, HAD FINISHED INSTALLING A CLUTCH IN A 1984 CATER F THE RIGHT REAR TANDEM TIRE, WHERE HE WAS SITTING, AND WAS RUN OVER, FROM FEET TO HEAD, BY THE TWO RIGHT-SIDE TIRES. THE GRADER THEN STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1'S TOOL CHEST, AND WAS FINALY STOPPED BY A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT PARKED BEHIND THE GR ADER. HE WAS ABLE TO CRAWL AWAY FROM THE GRADER AND UNDER A HEAVY WORK TABLE. EM PLOYEE #1 WAS TREATED FOR TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS PELVIS AND A BROKEN RIB. PILLAR GRADER. THE EMPLOYEE TOOK THE GRADER FOR A TEST DRIVE T0 CHECK THE CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT. HE THEN BACKED THE GRADER INTO A SERVICE BAY, DROPPED THE BLADE AND SHUT THE GRADER OFF. EMPLOYEE #1 STATED THAT HE PUT THE GRADER'S TRANSMISSION I N NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE, BUT THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT WO RK. NEXT, HE REPAIRED AN OIL LEAK AND INSTALLED ALL THE ENGINE GUARDS. HE THEN S TARTED THE GRADER'S PONY MOTOR, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE DIESEL ENGINE AND LOCAT ED BEHIND THE OPERATOR'S CAB. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 ENGAGED THE PONY MOTOR (TO START THE DIESEL ENGINE), THE GRADER STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. THE EMPLOYEE ROLLED OF
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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