OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565881
WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES INC
PHOENIX, AZ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY A WATER-PULL VEHICLE AT ROAD SITE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MAKING SOIL DENSITY TESTS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT A BRIDGE APP KNEELING ON THE GROUND AND SO MADE NO EFFORT TO AVOID HIM. ROACH AREA. THE ROAD WAS 87 FEET WIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED 16 FEET, 6 INCHES FROM THE NORTH EDGE OF THE ROAD, WHICH RUNS EAST TO WEST. THERE WERE TWO COMPAC TORS AND A CATERPILLAR MODEL 621, 12,5000 GALLON WATER-PULL WORKING IN THE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TOLD BY A FOREMAN NOT TO MAKE THE TESTS ALONE. RATHER, THE FORE MAN TOLD #1 TO WAIT FOR HIM TO RETURN SO THAT HE COULD HELP. STILL, EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE TESTS ALONE, AND FAILED TO INFORM THE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS THAT HE WAS IN THE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY THE WATER-PULL W HEN THAT VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 216
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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