OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505507
SCRAPER,WORK RULES,ROPS,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT,OVERTURN
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A SCRAPER
Investigation abstract
AT 1 PM ON APRIL 3, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE ELEVATING SCRAP NG A SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ER, MODEL 762A, SERIAL #TD 762AX003874. HE SCRAPED UP A LOAD OF DIRT AND BEGAN D RIVING DOWN A SLIGHT GRADE TO THE SOUTH TO GET INSTRUCTION ON WHERE TO UNLOAD TH E DIRT. TWO WITNESSES SAID THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ABOUT 100 FEET FROM THEM WHEN TH E MACHINE DIPPED TO THE WEST AND THEN, AFTER ADVANCING A FEW FEET, IT CAME BACK OVER TO THE EAST SIDE AND TURNED OVER. WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRYING TO CLEAR HIMSELF FROM THE CAB. HE WAS UNABLE TO DO SO AND WAS PINNED BET WEEN THE ROPS FRAME AND THE GROUND. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS A MACHINE OPERATOR AND HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR 1 YEAR AND 6 MONTHS. HE WAS NOT WEARI
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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