OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978635
WILLBROS ENERGY SERVICES CO
REDINGTON, AZ·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by tractor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were each operating a Caterpillar tractor/bulldozer, model D85, installing a 30 in. oil pipe line for a trenching contractor. The tre nch had already been backfilled and Employee #1 and the coworker were dressing u p the terrain where the pipeline had been laid. The tractors were working side b y side, pushing material up a hill that had an approximately 10 or 15 percent gr ade. Employee #1 stopped his tractor and apparently got off to relieve himself. He was probably standing behind the tractor when it rolled backward, striking an d killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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