OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14305833
EMBANKMENT,FRACTURE,AMPUTATED,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SOIL,LEG,OVERTURN
Event description
ROAD SCRAPER DRIVER INJURED WHEN HIS VEHICLE OVERTURNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE OPERATOR OF A ROAD SCRAPER, WAS PREPARING A PRIVATE ROAD BED FO R "ROCKING". AT ONE END OF THE ROAD HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH LOOSE SAWDUST OVER A 30 DEGREE EMBANKMENT. THE SCRAPER BECAME STUCK IN THE SAWDUST. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE W AS UNABLE TO BACK THE SCRAPER UP, HE DECIDED TO DRIVE IT DOWN THE EMBANKMENT GRA DE, THEN BACK UP ONTO THE ROAD. WHEN THE SCRAPER STARTED DOWN THE EMBANKMENT, IT OVERTURNED AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG BENEATH THE SCRAPER'S INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND HIS BROKEN LEG PLACED IN A CAST. HOWEVER, COMPLICATIONS SET IN (GANGRENE), NECESSITATING AMPUT ATION OF THE LEG. THE EMPLOYEE DIED APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK LATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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