OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431514
SANITATION, INC.
LEWISTOWN, MT·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN BULLDOZER FELL ONTO HIM.
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20 PM ON JANUARY 26, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEARING SNOW FROM A ROAD, USING A D-7 CATERPILLAR TRACTOR. THE TRACTOR SLID OFF THE ROAD AND TILT ED UP ON ONE TRACK. EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED OFF THE TRACTOR ON THE UPHILL SIDE, THEN SLID UNDER THE TRACK. THE TRACTOR CAME BACK DOWN ON THE BOTH TRACKS AND CRUSHED THE EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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