OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485254
BULLDOZER,BURIED,INATTENTION
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
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#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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