OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500342
FRACTURE,VEHICLE,ROLL-OVER,LOST CONTROL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF CONCRETE BREAKER
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:35 a.m. on January 11, 1990, an employee was driving a Brode rson Hydra-Hammer Mobile Concrete Breaker when for unknown reasons it veered tow ards the left and off the road. He was unable to gain control of the vehicle as it left the road and proceeded down the slope along the road. The vehicle become unstable as it descended the incline rolling over and crushing its occupancy. T he employee received multiply fractures from the accident that resulted in a fat ality. The cause of the fatality was most likely due to one of the vehicle's whe els breaking loose causing it to veer off the road.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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