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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570295

UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BULLDOZER,TRAILER,OVERTURN

Event
UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BULLDOZER,TRAILER,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14570295
Report ID
522500

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

  1. #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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