OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694349

ECHOLS BROTHERS, INC.

CONICVILLE, VA· 1986-06-09T07:15:00

Event: EMBANKMENT, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SLIPPERY SURFACE, BULLDOZER
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15243710
Employer profile: ECHOLS BROTHERS, INC.
Summary number: 694349
Report ID: 355114

Event description

BULLDOZER ROLLED OVER, CRUSHING OPERATOR

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 AM ON JUNE 9, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER N PARALLEL. ATOP AN 11 FOOT HIGH EMBANKMENT. THE BULLDOZER WAS A 1966 CATERPILLAR, MODEL D6C , WHICH WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE STURCTURE. THE GROUND WAS W ET AND SLIPPERY FROM AN OVERNIGHT RAIN. THE OPERATOR TOOK HIS MACHINE TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE EMBANKMENT AS HE WAS BACKING UP AND THE RIGHT TRACK SLID OVER THE EMBANKMENT EDGE. THE BULLDOZER SLID DOWN THE EAST BANK UNTIL IT STRUCK AN E ARTHEN BENCH, THEN FLIPPED OVER, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BENEATH IT. THE EMPLOYEE SU FFERED FATAL CRUSHING INJURIES. THE OPERATOR DROVE THE BULLDOZER TOO CLOSE TO TH E EMBANKMENT EDGE AND SHOULD HAVE OPERATED PERPENDICULAR TO THE BANK, RATHER THA

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 60 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
853

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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