OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443252

CERTITEMP, INC.

WINTER HAVEN, FL· 2022-03-04T00:00:00

Event: Bulldozer, Crushed, Dozer Blade, Embankment, Equipment Operator, Landfill, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Poor Visibility, Run Over, Slope, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Tractor
NAICS: 561320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345820666
Employer profile: CERTITEMP, INC.
Summary number: 221443252
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Temporary employee is crushed and killed by heavy equipment

Investigation abstract

At 5:15 p.m. on March 4, 2022, an employee was working for a temporary staffing toilet. The employee had been crushed by the heavy equipment and killed. The operator of the tractor claimed that he had not seen the toilet until after he had dismounted from the tractor. employment agency. He was working at the county landfill. It was the end of the workday, and the employee was using a chemical toilet, such as a Port-a-John or Porta-Potty. The operator of a Caterpillar D8 tractor was driving up an embankment to park the tractor at the end of the workday. The operator's forward visibility was limited by the blade on the front of the tractor and because the tractor was ascending a 3:1 embankment. The operator ran over the chemical toilet. He wasn't even sure anyone was using the toilet, until he dismounted from the tractor and saw his coworker lying within the crushed remains of the

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
1

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