OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444921
BACK-UP ALARM,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
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)
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#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
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#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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