OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221475114

OFTEDAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

RAPID CITY, SD— 2022-06-29T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Abrasion, Backing Up, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Dislocated, Driving, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Grader, Highway, Highway Shoulder, Highway work zone, Hip, Inattention, Internal Bleeding, Laceration, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pavement, Poor Visibility, Road Grader, Run Over, Struck By, Tire, Unstable Position, Walking Surface, Wheel, Work Surface, Work zone
NAICS: 237990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346053168
Employer profile: OFTEDAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 221475114
Report ID: 0830400
Project type: B
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee is killed in work zone after run over by grader

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on June 29, 2022, an employee, who worked as a Gravel Checker, was walking behind a Caterpillar 14H Model 1411 Motor Grader. The employee was walking across the work zone travelling from the south traffic lane of a roadway to the northeast non-traffic side of the road. The coworker operating the grader began to back up and struck the employee running him over with the left two rear tires and killing him. pelvic region, lower abdomen and legs, including multiple fractures and dislocat ions.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010

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