OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570295
UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BULLDOZER,TRAILER,OVERTURN
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER FALLING BULLDOZER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD LOADED THE JD 850 DOZER ONTO THE COMPANY'S LOW-BOY TRAILER. THE DOZER WAS NOT CENTERED TO HIS LIKING, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE DOZER OVER A L ITTLE. THE DOZER'S STEEL TRACK STARTED TO SLIP ON THE STEEL SURFACE OF THE LOWBO Y. THE DOZER SLID COMPLETELY OFF THE LOWBOY AND OVERTURNED. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS NOT WEARING THE SEATBELT AT THE TIME, WAS THROWN OFF AND CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWE EN THE DOZER AND THE GROUND.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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