OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297220

BACK-UP ALARM,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

1988-09-16T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14297220
Report ID: 352440

Event description

Employee injured when run over by earth-moving equipment

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had left the operator's seat of his D-8 dozer to check the grade of a roadway. The "pan" operator had just been pushed through the right side of the roadway to cut it down by the dozer. The pan operator made his usual U-turn and dumped his load on the left side of the same roadway. Since the roller was not nearby, the pan operator decided to back over the just-dumped dirt to pack it do wn. The pan operator did not see Employee #1 leaning over to check the grade and backed over him with his 76 in. tall 32 in. wide rear tire. Employee #1 was hos pitalized. The reverse signal alarm was found to be defective.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
855

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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