OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884643
BACK-UP ALARM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when run over by earthmover
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was told by his supervisor to check the road grade with a yardstick and remove large rocks from the road bed. While Employee #1 was removing rocks, a paddle wheel earthmover rolled back and ran over him, killing him. The earthmo ver did not have an operational back-up alarm. Accident investigation revealed t hat Employee #1 was listening to a radio with earphones.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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