Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14293476 - ROAD GRADER PLOWING SNOW ROLLED OVER, KILLING DRIVER

Accident Summary Nr: 14293476 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 12/31/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3152899	01/02/1987	4971	0	Talent Irrigation District

Abstract: ON DECEMBER 31, 1986, A WORKER EMPLOYED BY AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT DID NOT RETURN HOME FROM HIS TASK OF PLOWING SNOW. THE WORKER'S WIFE AND SOME NEIGHBORS WENT TO SEARCH FOR HIM AND FOUND THE GRADER HE HAD BEEN OPERATING 60-75 FEET DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT. THE GRADER, AN AUSTIN-WESTERN SUPER 300, HAD ROLLED DOWN THE BANK. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED, AS THE ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF A CRUSHED SKULL.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, FRACTURE, GRADER, ROLL-OVER, ROPS, CRUSHED, SKULL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3152899			Fatality	Fracture	Grader, dozer and scraper operators

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