OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434948

CONSLEY AND MONTIGNY CO., INC.

BISHOP, CA· 1987-08-17T00:00:00

Event: BRAKE, VEHICLE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, LOST CONTROL
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100922624
Employer profile: CONSLEY AND MONTIGNY CO., INC.
Summary number: 14434948
Report ID: 931500

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between tree and paint striper

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a shop-made, self-propelled stripe painting machine wh en it started to roll down an approximately 9 percent grade. The machine went ou t of control, left the highway, and ran into a tree. Employee #1 was killed when he was crushed between the tree and the stripe painting machine. The vehicle di d not have an adequate braking system in operation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
4

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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