OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346431
BRIAR CONSTRUCTION & PAVING COMPANY, INC.
SANFORD, FL·
Event description
HEAD CRUSHED UNDER FALLING PIECE OF HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO SERVICE A PB GRADER, MODEL PB510 BWE, SERIAL NUMBER PBG 82K330, WHEN HE OBSERVED A LEAKING HYDRAULIC FITTING ON A CYLINDER USED TO RAISE AND LOWER A PLATE COMPACTOR/RIPPER ATTACHMENT ON THE REAR OF THE MACHINE. THE ATTACHMENT WAS IN THE RAISED POSITON WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 CRAWLED UNDER THE MACH INE TO TIGHTEN THE FITTING. HE DID NOT BLOCK THE ATTACHMENT UP OR LOWER IT TO TH E GROUND BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE REPAIR. EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY OVERTIGHTENED THE FITTING. IT BROKE OFF, ALLOWING THE ATTACHMENT TO FALL TO THE GROUND. A PART OF THE ATTACHMENT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD, INFLICTING SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. THE EMPLOYEE DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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