OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606186
BACK-UP ALARM,SCRAPER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY SCRAPER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE FOREMAN AND GRADE CHECKER, HAD WORKED ALL MORNING WITH THE SCAP AFTER ONE CUT, WITH THE BACK-UP ALARM SOUNDING, THE OPERATOR SAW THE FOREMAN'S L EGS PROTRUDING FROM UNDER THE PAN AS HE NEARED THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CUT. TH E EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED. ER OPERATOR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. AFTER LUNCH THEY MOVED TO THE SOUTH SIDE. THE OPERATOR HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL CUTS BEFORE THE FOREMAN COULD START CHEC KING THE GRADE. THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THE OPERATOR TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, BARRICADES AND TREES, SO HE HAD TO BACK UP AFTER EVERY CUT. THE OPERAT OR MADE A CUT GOING NORTH, DUMPED THE LOAD THEN BACKED UP SOUTH TO GET INTO POSI TION FOR ANOTHER CUT. THE BACK-UP ALARM SOUNDED EACH TIME THE SCRAPER WAS PUT IN TO REVERSE. THE OPERATOR HAD MADE AT LEAST 4 CUTS AND EACH TIME, THE FOREMAN WAS STANDING ON THE SHOULDER AS THE SCRAPER WENT BY. AS THE SCRAPER WAS BACKING UP
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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