OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400923
KENNITH ROSS CONST CO
REKLAW, TX—
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN BULLDOZER ROPS AND GROUND
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A BULLDOZER ONTO A LOWBOY TRAILER WHEN THE RIGHT TRACK S LIPPED OFF THE TRAILER. THE BULLDOZER ROLLED OVER, THROWING EMPLOYEE #1 OFF THE DOZER AND ONTO THE GROUND. HE WAS STRUCK BY THE BULLDOZER ROPS AND CRUSHED AGAIN ST THE GROUND. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE 1977 CATERPILLAR MODEL D60 BU LLDOZER HAD A SEAT BELT, BUT THE LEFT HALF OF IT WAS MISSING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS F ATALLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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