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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517841

COLLAPSE,RAMP,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE SOIL,BULLDOZER,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

Event
COLLAPSE,RAMP,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE SOIL,BULLDOZER,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14517841
Report ID
419700

Event description

Employee killed when run over by bulldozer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was moving dirt up a ramp to a stockpile. He started to back down th e dirt ramp when he apparently got too close to the left side and it collapsed. The bulldozer started to roll to the left as it traveled backward down the side of the ramp. It appears that when Employee #1 stepped out of the cab onto the mo ving track, his legs became caught between the track and the platform. He was th en pulled backward and the bulldozer ran over him. Employee #1 was killed. The b ulldozer traveled about 185 feet before hitting a tree large enough to stop it.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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