OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14482244
VEHICLE IN GEAR,WORK RULES,CLUTCH,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,UNMANNED,BULLDOZER,INATTENTION
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
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#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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