OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400238

BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,STRUCK BY,GUIDE,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

1985-08-28T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,STRUCK BY,GUIDE,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14400238
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed when run over by earthmoving equipment

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on August 28, 1985, Employee #1 was checking the grad e on a road under construction. A Caterpillar elevating scraper was backing up a nd ran over him. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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