OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673632
CEDAR RAPIDS, CITY OF
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by runaway motor grader
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker, both motor grader operators, stopped to talk on a ro ad that had a slight incline. Both got out of their graders; however, Employee # 1 left his engine running in neutral without setting the emergency brake or lowe ring the blade. When the grader started to roll Employee #1 attempted to run the grader down and stop it. He fell beneath the wheels of the grader and was kille d.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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