OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454763
WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT,BULLDOZER,BACKING UP,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee crushed and killed when bulldozer overturns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was backing a D-6 bulldozer onto a lowboy trailer during a light rai n. The bulldozer was too close to the edge of the trailer and it slid off, rolli ng over on its side. Employee #1 was crushed and killed by the cab of the bulldo zer. His body was removed by digging out the dirt from under the cab. Employee # 1 was not wearing a seat belt, which might have saved his life.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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