Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14482244

ANDERSON'S PAVING INCORPORATED

Event
VEHICLE IN GEAR, WORK RULES, CLUTCH, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, UNMANNED, BULLDOZER, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#720847
Employer profile
ANDERSON'S PAVING INCORPORATED
Summary number
14482244
Report ID
316400

Event description

Employee killed when caught by bulldozer track

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, the superintendent, was climbing onto a bulldozer to adjust the idl e when he accidentally released the master clutch and fell onto the track, which was moving in reverse. He was pulled by the revolving track through the left re ar fender and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 55 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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