OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #511113
BACK-UP ALARM,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,CHEST,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,ARM
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY BACKING SCRAPER
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 8:55 AM ON APRIL 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERA ALARM ON THE OTHER EMPLOYEE'S SCRAPER WAS NOT OPERATIONAL. TOR WERE WALKING BACK TO THEIR CATERPILLAR MODEL 630B SCRAPERS TO RESUME WORK. T HEY HAD JUST FINISHED A SHORT PLANNING MEETING WITH THE GRADE CHECKER AND OTHER OPERATORS IN THEIR WORKING GROUP. EMPLOYEE #1 STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIS SCRAPER, W HICH WAS PARKED 10 25 FEET BEHIND THE OTHER SCRAPER. THE OPERATOR OF THE SCRAPER IN FRONT DID NOT NOTICE THE OTHER SCRAPER PARKED BEHIND HIS MACHINE. HE MOUNTED HIS SCRAPER, LOOKED OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE AND BEGAN BACKING UP. HE STRUCK THE FRONT OF EMPLOYEE #1'S SCRAPER, CRUSHING EM PLOYEE #1'S CHEST AND ARMS BETWEEN THE TWO MACHINES AND KILLING HIM. THE BACK-UP
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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