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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #904862

BACK-UP ALARM,CONSTRUCTION,ROAD GRADER,STRUCK BY

Event
BACK-UP ALARM,CONSTRUCTION,ROAD GRADER,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
904862
Report ID
551800

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER STRUCK BY ROAD GRADER

Investigation abstract

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 20, 1989, Employee #1 was struck by a ro ad grader operated in reverse. The employee died three hours later in the hospit al. Employee #1 was setting grade stakes before he was struck. The back-up alarm was operating at the time of the accident. None of the employees working on the site saw the accident.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 52 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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