OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401251
BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,BACKING UP,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,RUN OVER
Event description
Employee killed when run over by backing scraper
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a grade checker, signaled a scraper operator to perform an operatio n with his paddle scraper. The operator could only make a run of approximately 1 35 feet and had to back up to make a second run. After completing the second run , the operator backed out to go to the dumping area. When the scraper operator w as pulling out of the area, he saw a backhoe driver signaling him to go get help because someone was down. The scraper operator later learned that he had backed over Employee #1, killing him.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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