OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498422

BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER

1985-11-14T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14498422
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee run over and killed by scraper

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 walked behind a Caterpillar elevating scraper and was run over and k illed. The operator could not see behind the machine, and its back-up alarm was not operating.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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