OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391593

SOIL TESTING ENGINEERS, INC.

DERIDDER, LA· 1988-08-15T00:00:00

Event: EJECTED, EMBANKMENT, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SEAT BELT, LOST CONTROL, MOTOR VEHICLE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100830157
Employer profile: SOIL TESTING ENGINEERS, INC.
Summary number: 14391593
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed when thrown from marsh buggy

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:45 p.m. on August 15, 1988, Employee #1 was driving an Ardco model K 4 by 4 off-road vehicle, also known as a marsh buggy, to haul water to t he drills that were taking soil borings at a new wastewater holding pond. He was driving along the top of a levee to pick up a load of water when the buggy left the roadway and rolled down the levee embankment. Employee #1 was thrown from t he buggy, which then rolled on top of him. He was killed. The buggy, which was c onfigured to carry water, was not equipped with a seat belt, although the manufa cturer's literature described it as standard equipment.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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