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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444921

BACK-UP ALARM,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
BACK-UP ALARM,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14444921
Report ID
355111

Event description

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN BACKED OVER BY A PAN

Investigation abstract

AT 8:37 AM ON MARCH 14, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHECKING DIRT GRADES AT LOT #21 KI WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DRIVER FOUND EMPLOYEE #1 ON HIS NEXT PASS BY LOT #21. MBER SHELL PLACE, SO THAT A WABCO PAN COULD REMOVE DIRT AND FINISH GRADING THE A REA. THE PAN MADE A PASS BY LOT #21 APPROXIMATELY 42 FEET EAST OF THE LOT'S GRAD E STAKE. IN THE MEANTIME, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE STAKE TO CHECK THE GRADE AGAIN SO HE COULD INFORM THE OPERATOR HOW MUCH MORE DIRT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHECKING THE GRADE, HE HAD HIS BACK TO THE PAN AND WAS CROUCHED LOW TO THE GROUND. THE PAN OPERATOR NEEDED TO BACK UP TO GET AROUND A DIRT PILE APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LONG, 12 FEET WIDE AND 10 FEET HIGH. THE OPERATOR BACKED UP ABOUT 17 FEET AND RAN OVER EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM. THE PAN'S BACK-UP ALARM

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #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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