OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14466080
DAL-MAC CONSTRUCTION CO.
RICHARDSON, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by scraper/grader
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a surveyor shooting grade stakes for motor grading operations b er saw Employee #1; his visibility was restricted because Employee #1 was low to the ground, and close to the rear of the grader. The back-up alarm was working perfectly. Apparently, Employee #1 was so engrossed in his work that he never he ard the grader coming. eing conducted on a construction site. The grader was making scraping passes tow ard the west and backing toward the east between passes. Approximately 3 minutes before the accident, the grader operator stopped next to Employee #1, who was n ot in the operating area at the time, and told him he would be finished in a cou ple more passes. Employee #1 acknowledged that he had heard the operator. The gr ader made a scraping pass to the west. Employee #1 went out into the prepared ar ea to install a hub. He was kneeling with his back toward the grader when it bac ked up almost 200 feet and ran over him, killing him instantly. The operator nev
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- 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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