OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499669
EMBANKMENT,WARNING LINE,WORK RULES,ROPS,CONSTRUCTION,INEXPERIENCE,SEAT BELT,FALL,BULLDOZER,BACKING UP
Event description
Employee killed in fall when vehicle backs over embankment
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a bulldozer-loader operator, was working on erosion control at a La ckward and Employee #1 was either thrown or jumped clear of the machine. His bod y was found 10 ft from the bulldozer-loader, face down in the water. The vehicle was equipped with a rollover protective structure and a seat belt. The seat bel t was found tucked under the seat, and the rollover protective structure was tor n off. Employee #1, age 18, had been on the job for approximately 1 week. ke Michigan beach, pushing piles of earth, brick, and other rubbish that had bee n brought to the site over an embankment. The widest work area was 27 ft, and th e embankment wall was 20 degrees from vertical. At the time of the accident, Emp loyee #1 was picking up large concrete chunks from a stockpile at another locati on and dropping them from a height of 65 ft above the lake surface. There was no berm at the embankment edge, nor was there any warning or other means of restra int in this dumping area. There were no witnesses, but the position of the 20-ft -long bulldozer-loader in the lake indicated that it went over the embankment ba
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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