OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #738872
PAGE, DONALD D. & ASSOCIATES
CALVERT CITY, KY·
Event description
COMPACTOR OPERATOR KILLED WHEN HIS MACHINE ROLLED OVER
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:40 PM ON AUGUST 19, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CATERPI LLAR MODEL CP553 COMPACTOR ON THE ROADWAY ATOP THE HF RESIDUE LEVY AT THE PENWAL T CORPORATION PLANT. HE WAS ROLLING CLAY AS A PART OF THE PROCESS OF RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE LEVEE. THE ROADWAY WAS 15 FEET WIDE. FOR SOME REASON EMPLOYEE #1 D ROVE THE COMPACTOR OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. AS THE COMPACTOR BEGAN TO ROLL OVER ON ITS SIDE, EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED OFF TOWARD THE DOWNHILL SIDE. THE COMPACTOR 'S ROPS STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, CAUSING FATAL MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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