OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14435481

BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

1988-06-23T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14435481
Report ID: 931500

Event description

Employee killed when run over by scraper tire

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was killed when he was run over by the right rear tire of a scraper. The scraper did not have a reverse signal alarm and Employee #1 was situated on the scraper's blind side.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
14

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
8

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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