OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517841

PABLO CONSTRUCTION CO.

FERNANDINA BEACH, FL· 1986-01-29T00:00:00

Event: COLLAPSE, RAMP, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE SOIL, BULLDOZER, RUN OVER, BACKING UP
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100342690
Employer profile: PABLO CONSTRUCTION CO.
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 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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