OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542211

BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

1984-08-14T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14542211
Report ID: 418100

Event description

Employee killed when struck by backing pan scraper

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a grade checker, motioned to the pan scraper operator, whose rear v iew was obstructed, that it was clear to back up. Somehow Employee #1 got into t he path of the scraper and was struck and killed. The scraper did not have an au dible back-up alarm system.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 71 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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