OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453020
PICKETT SALVAGE LLC.
PATON, IA·
Event description
Employee is killed when runover by excavator
Investigation abstract
At 10:48 a.m. on April 8, 2022, an employee walked behind a tracked excavator to talk to a coworker, who was operating the excavator. The coworker completed his task of unloading electric motors from a metal hopper with the excavator. The coworker turned the cab around (swing) and started moving forward, running over the employee with one of the tracks. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 889
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