OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548424
ALASKA, STATE OF DOT/PF M&O DIVISION
EAGLE SUMMIT, AK·
Event description
Employee killed when snow plow rolls down slope
Investigation abstract
On February 25, 1989, Employee #1, the foreman at the Montana Creek DOT/PF road own the steep slope, coming to rest upside down. Employee #1 was trapped under t he dash and died as a result of crushing injuries. maintenance station, was plowing snow on Eagle Summit in whiteout conditions. Th e heavy, wet, falling snow, combined with 30 to 40 mph winds, made for zero visi bility. Employee #1 had plowed through the west section of the road with an Oshk osh 4 by 4 dump truck equipped with a snow blade. He turned around at mile post 109, having decided to return across Eagle Summit to the Montana Creek side inst ead of continuing to the control station or waiting out the storm where he was. While plowing snow on the return trip, Employee #1 allowed the Oshkosh to drift too close to the right edge of the road. It rolled over and slid 250 to 350 ft d
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE (HWY) (29)
- Occupation
- Truck drivers, heavy (804)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.