OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510689

HIGHWAY,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FLAGMAN,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

1984-06-18T00:00:00

Event: HIGHWAY,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FLAGMAN,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14510689
Report ID: 625400

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing loader

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a flagman controlling highway traffic, left his work station and wa lked behind a front end loader that was working more than 100 ft away from his a ssigned area. The backing loader ran over the flagman, killing him. The flagman should have been controlling traffic while the loader was still on the highway.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 73 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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