OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #742403
INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EXCAVATOR,SPRAIN,ANKLE,FOOT,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee jumps from defective excavator when it overturns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Drott excavator to dress and undercut a slope on a ramp when the ramp gave way. The employee attempted to stabilize the excavator but he overbalanced, resulting in the machine sliding down the bank. Employee #1 jumpe d clear and the excavator overturned. Employee #1 used the excavator knowing it was defective. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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