OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14305171
SOUTHEAST TIMBER, INC.
VIEW COVE, AK·
Event description
Truck driver killed when struck by bulldozer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a dump truck driver, climbed on the hood of the truck to clean the front window. While he was climbing off, a Caterpillar D-8 struck the front of t he truck with its ripper attachment and either knocked Employee #1 off the truck or struck him as he was lying on the ground. Employee #1 was found face down in front of the dump truck, with broken ribs, a severed spinal cord, and internal injuries. He had died instantly. There were no witnesses and the D-8 operator ne ver realized that he had struck either the truck or Employee #1. Employee #1 was wearing head phones from a Walkman cassette recorder, and presumably did not he ar the D-8 back out of the turnaround next to his dump truck.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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