OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397129
ALLAN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
ROBERT LEE, TX·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY ROAD GRADER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A ROAD ROLLER OPERATOR, WAS HIRED ON JANUARY 10, 1988. HE HAD RECEI ENANCE PROGRAMS. VED THREE WEEKS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND PROMOTED FROM LABORER TO EQUIPMENT OP ERATOR THREE DAYS BEFORE HIS ROAD ROLLER BROKE DOWN. EMPLOYEE #1 PARKED THE BROK EN MACHINE AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NEXT TO A LARGER ROLLER AND A ROAD GRADER, BO TH WITH OPERATORS. THE ROADGRADER BACKED INTO THE ROAD TO BEGIN GRADING ANOTHER SECTION OF THE ROAD THAT WAS BEING WIDENED. EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT HIS ROLLER MACHINE AND WALKED BEHIND THE GRADER. THE GRADER RAN OVER EMPLOYEE #1 AND KILLED HIM. TH E GRADER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A BACK-UP ALARM, NOR WAS A SIGNALMAN USED WHILE B ACKING. THE EMPLOYER DID NOT HAVE EFFECTIVE SAFETY, TRAINING, OR EQUIPMENT MAINT
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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