OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490387

CRUSHED,DRILL RIG--NON-OIL,ELEC UTILITY WORK,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BULLDOZER

1987-02-05T00:00:00

Event: CRUSHED,DRILL RIG--NON-OIL,ELEC UTILITY WORK,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BULLDOZER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14490387
Report ID: 215800

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN BULLDOZER SLID INTO DRILL RIG

Investigation abstract

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING UP A DRILL RIG TO BE USED FOR BORING A FOUNDATION HOL THE ACCIDENT. E FOR A POWER TRANSMISSION TOWER. ONE OF THEM WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DRILL RIG WITH HIS BACK TO A BULLDOZER. THE BULLDOZER HAD BEEN USED TO REMOVE SNOW FR OM THE AREA WHERE THE OUTRIGGERS OF THE DRILL RIG WOULD BE SET AND WAS ABOUT TO BE USED TO REMOVE SNOW FROM THE FRONT OF THE DRILL RIG. THE BULLDOZER WAS STOPPE D APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET IN FRONT OF, AND PERPENDICULAR TO, THE DRILL RIG, AND ON A SLIGHT UPGRADE. THE BULLDOZER SLID SIDEWAYS ON THE SNOW AND PINNED THE EMPLOY EE BETWEEN THE FRONT OF THE DRILL RIG AND THE TRACK OF THE BULLDOZER. THE INJURE D EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD OF MULTIPLE INJURIES APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS AFTER

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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