OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547558

NUGGET CONSTRUCTION, INC.

DOT LAKE, AK· 1986-08-23T00:00:00

Event: ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, PINNED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, BACKING UP, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2522274
Employer profile: NUGGET CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 14547558
Report ID: 1050210

Event description

Employee killed when pinned under overturned compactor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was in a Dynapac vibrating road compactor, traveling west from the R obertson River on the Alaska highway construction project. He was approximately 1.3 miles from the river and was backing up the compactor and possibly also turn ing it, when the machine left the north side of the road at a sharp angle. It sl id 9 1/2 ft down a 2:1 graded slope, and then turned on its right side. Employee #1 was pinned, face down, underneath the compactor. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
803

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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