OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384101
SCRAPER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,CRUSHED,WORKPLACE VIOLENCE,BULLDOZER,FIGHTING,RUN OVER,SLOPE
Event description
Fighting employee killed when crushed by dozer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 banged his dozer against his coworker's scraper. A harsh argument br oke out about the handling and maneuvering of the coworker's scraper. The differ ences of opinion had been going on for a year and the coworker was tired of Empl oyee #1's treatment. The coworker jumped out of his scraper and went to Employee #1's dozer. A fight started in one of the dozer's tracks. The dozer rolled down the hill and caught Employee #1 in front of the dozer. Employee #1 fell under t he dozer and was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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