OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759779
NC DOT, MAINTENANCE UNIT, DIVISION 8, DISTRICT 3
ROCKINGHAM, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY HIGHWAY MOWING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING HIS HIGHWAY MOWING MACHINE ACROSS A BRIDGE WHEN THE ROTA RY MOWER ATTACHMENT CONTACTED THE BRIDGE CURBING AND RODE UP ONTO THE CURBING. T HE EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED THE TRACTOR ON THE LEFT SIDE AND ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE M ACHINE BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY. WHEN THE MOWING MACHINE LURCHED BACK ONTO THE PAVE MENT, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUN OVER BY THE REAR WHEEL AND THEN BY THE ROTARY MOWER AT TACHMENT. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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