OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #737619
PETER CONSTRUCTION, INC.
LOUISVILLE, KY·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by overturning tractor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Case 480B tractor, serial #8721808, to take a few loads of dirt to the back side of lot A31, a residential construction site, for landsc ape fill. He delivered the first load and took a different route to get the seco nd load. Employee #1 drove the tractor with the loader bucket empty and in the f ull up position across the back side of adjacent finished lots. This area has a steep grade and the tractor rolled over, killing Employee #1. Employee #1 had be en instructed not to drive across finished lots.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 19
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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