OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446447
PERRY M ALEXANDER CONSTRUCTION CO INC
ASHEVILLE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY COMPACTOR DURING ROAD BED CONSTRUCTION
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:10 AM ON MARCH 6, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING AN INGERSO LED. LL-RAND COMPACTOR (SELF PROPELLED) NEAR THE EDGE OF A 30 DEGREE SLOPED FILL AREA 100 FEET LONG AND 22 FEET DEEP. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A NEW ROAD BED UNDE R CONSTRUCTION. SHE HAD RUN THE LEFT EDGE, BACKED UP AND INITIATED ANOTHER RUN. AS SHE MOVED THE MACHINE FORWARD IT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE PREDETERMINED LINE . AS THE MACHINE NEARED THE BERM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WENT OVER THE EDGE OF THE FILL. THE OPERATOR (EMPLOYEE #1) STOOD UP AND JUMPED OVER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE M ACHINE AS IT ROLLED TO THE LEFT. THE OPERATOR TOOK ABOUT ONE STEP BEFORE THE COM PACTOR MECHANISM STRUCK AND PINNED THE OPERATOR UNDERNEATH. THE OPERATOR WAS KIL
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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