OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170064497

WORK RULES,STARTED IN GEAR,TRENCH DIGGER,RUN OVER

1990-03-29T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,STARTED IN GEAR,TRENCH DIGGER,RUN OVER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 170064497
Report ID: 950411

Event description

Employee injured when run over by trenching machine

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on March 29, 1990, Employee #1 was starting a Ditch Witch model V30 trenching machine. The machine was in gear when it started, and ran over Employ ee #1.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
31

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
853

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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