OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #904862
BACK-UP ALARM,CONSTRUCTION,ROAD GRADER,STRUCK BY
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
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#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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