OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14507024
MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
WHEAT RIDGE, CO—
Event description
STRUCK BY TRAIN WHILE OPERATING SWEEPER
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 15, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING AN OLATHE SWEEPER, MODEL 48 HL. HE WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN WHILE CROSSING THE TRACKS. THE T RACKS CROSS OVER A PRIVATE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS POSTED. THE EMPLOYE E EITHER DID NOT SEE THE TRAIN APPROACHING OR HE TRIED TO BEAT THE TRAIN ACROSS THE TRACKS. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED IN THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPER. THE SWEEPER WAS IN A SAFE OPERATING CONDITION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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