OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221726250

FTK SITE PREP, LLC

ALACHUA, FL— 2024-12-12T00:00:00

Event: Bulldozer, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Crushed, Driving, Ejected, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Run Over, Seat Belt, Site Clearing, Site Preparation, Struck By, Unstable Position, Unstable Soil, Work Surface
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347931883
Employer profile: FTK SITE PREP, LLC
Summary number: 221726250
Report ID: 0419700
Project type: E
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies of crush injuries when ejected, run over by do

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on December 12, 2024, an employee working as a heavy equipment was later found by a coworker (the excavator operator). The employe died from multiple crush injuries. operator for a site preparation contractor was operating a bulldozer. The employee was performing site clearing and grubbing when he fell of the bulldozer and was ran over by the dozer. It is not known what caused him to fall from the equipment. Based on the findings, the employee either took off his seatbelt or was not wearing it when he hit a tree stump. The jolt caused the employee to leave his seat and hit the rear mirror. In turn, he bounced backward, hit the reverse, and fell through the driver door into the left side bulldozer tracks. The bulldozer kept running in reverse until it became stuck in a tree where is

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 84 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7020

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