OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14493506
SEVERED,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STAKES,STRUCK BY,ARTERY,BRAIN,ROAD PAVING
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY STAKE ATTACHED TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SHOVELING HOT MIX AT A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE WHEN THE ACCIDE NT OCCURRED. THE LAYDOWN MACHINE WAS IMPROPERLY ATTACHED TO A 500-FOOT ROPE AND A STAKE DRIVEN INTO THE PAVEMENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING NEAR THE ROPE WHEN THE STAKE CAME OUT OF THE GROUND, HITTING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE NECK. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED SEVERED ARTERIES AND SEPARATED BRAIN TISSUE AND DIED AS A RESULT OF THE SE INJURIES. THE PROCESS OF USING A GRADE LINE ATTACHED TO THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT PROPER OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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