Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14477806

EMERY LEE & SONS

Event
BACK-UP ALARM, LOADER, RUN OVER, BACKING UP
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#970970
Employer profile
EMERY LEE & SONS
Summary number
14477806
Report ID
111100

Event description

RUN OVER BY BUCKET LOADER

Investigation abstract

THE FOREMAN WAS CHECKING ON HIS EMPLOYEES, WHO WERE GRADNG AND MOVING EARTH. A B UCKET LOADER WAS OPERATING NEARBY, LOADING A DUMP TRUCK. THE LOADER OPERATOR BAC KED UP, STRIKING AND RUNNING OVER THE FOREMAN. THE BACKUP ALARM WAS NOT OPERATIN G AT THE TIME.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 47 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    14
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    843
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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