OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692715

BACK-UP ALARM,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

1987-07-17T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 692715
Report ID: 355112

Event description

Employee killed when run over by earthmoving machine

Investigation abstract

At 11:55 a.m. on July 17, 1987, Employee #1 was walking south toward his work ar ea when a caliper rubber tire pan earthmoving machine with an inoperable back-up alarm backed over him with the right rear tire and then with the right front ti re. Employee #1 was taken by air ambulance to Norfolk General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 2:00 p.m.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
588

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
16

Task assigned
1

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