OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14483085
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION
SCHAGIJCOKE, NY—
Event description
Crushed by Roller Vibrator That Tipped and Rolled Over
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was moving a vibrator roller (Hyster) off the main road to a side ro ad. It was assumed that he did this to let a dump truck pass on the main road. E mployee #1 was sitting on the Hyster (#6620B). The road where he pulled the roll er onto was approximately 10 feet wide. Apparently, he came too close to the edg e of the road, and the roller tipped over and rolled 12 feet down a bank that ha d a 40- to 45-degree angle from the horizontal. The employee was killed. There w ere no witnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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