OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690099
ACTON CONSTRUCTION CO
COON RAPIDS, MN·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed against bulldozer by pump truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:52 p.m. on November 26, 1985, Employee #1 was directing a co ncrete pump truck that was being pulled backward from a building. A bulldozer wa s pulling the pump truck, which was unable to move by itself because of the loos e sand inside the building. Employee #1 signaled to the bulldozer operator to st op his vehicle. The dozer stopped just outside the doorway, and Employee #1 bega n to unfasten the pulling chain. The concrete pump truck continued to back up, c rushing Employee #1 against the bulldozer and killing him.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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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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