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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386148

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,UNMANNED

Event
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,UNMANNED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14386148
Report ID
521700

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by road widener

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had delivered a piece of construction equipment known as a road wide ner to a job site and then parked it. When he dismounted, the road widener began to roll, crushing him against a chain-link fence. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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