OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568711

STATE OF OREGON HIGHWAY DIVISION

SWEET HOME, OR— 1984-08-16T00:00:00

Event: VEHICLE, PINNED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE SOIL, HIGHWAY SHOULDER, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15060965
Employer profile: STATE OF OREGON HIGHWAY DIVISION
Summary number: 14568711
Report ID: 1054114

Event description

Employee crushed and killed when loader overturns

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a loader during a routine highway maintenance operatio n. He apparently steered the vehicle onto the highway shoulder to accomodate a p assing motor vehicle. The soft shoulder could not support the loader and it over turned. Employee #1 tried to jump from the overturning vehicle, but he was pinne d underneath it. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
5

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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