Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14426886 - THROWN FROM MOVING ROAD GRADER

Accident Summary Nr: 14426886 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 07/08/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1501154	07/15/1985	9512	0	U S Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Abstract: ON MONDAY, JULY 8, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 REPORTED TO WORK AT 6:45 AM. IT WAS HIS FIRST DAY AS A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE. BY 10:00 AM HE WAS ASSIGNED TO AN UNSUPERVISED POSITION. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:35 AM HE WAS "ROADING" A CHAMPION 710 ROAD GRADER FROM FOXPARK, WYOMING TO CENTENNIAL, WYOMING. THE GRADER WAS MOVING DOWN A 7% GRADE HILL NEAR ALBANY, WYOMING, WHEN IT LEFT THE MAIN ROADWAY ON A CURVE, CROSSED A PARKING AREA AND WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT INTO A STAND OF TIMBER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN OUT AS THE GRADER LEFT THE ROAD AND WAS RUN OVER BY THE GRADER'S REAR WHEELS.

Keywords: SPEEDING, ROAD GRADER, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1501154			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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