OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978585
SCRAPER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNMANNED
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by rolling scraper
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was shaping a drainage dike with a scraper at a construction site. H e stopped the scraper, dismounted, and walked to the front of the scraper, which rolled forward, crushing Employee #1 and killing him. There were no witnesses t o the accident. Employee #1 was found by the foreman, who was operating the wate r truck.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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