Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14433668

KAUAI SAND & GRAVEL INC

Event
BACK-UP ALARM, VEHICLE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#103907317
Employer profile
KAUAI SAND & GRAVEL INC
Summary number
14433668
Report ID
951510

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by backing payloader

Investigation abstract

A coworker was backing up a 560 payloader when it struck Employee #1, crushing h im under its right rear wheel. Employee #1 had been standing behind the payloade r prior to the accident.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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