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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485254

BULLDOZER,BURIED,INATTENTION

Event
BULLDOZER,BURIED,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14485254
Report ID
213600

Event description

Employee killed when buried by garbage

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing in an area in which a load of garbage had been dumped. A bulldozer pushed the garbage to reposition it and buried Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

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