Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14570295 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER FALLING BULLDOZER

Accident Summary Nr: 14570295 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 01/11/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102550324	01/13/1988	1389	0	Phillips H. Brown Oil & Gas Well Service, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 HAD LOADED THE JD 850 DOZER ONTO THE COMPANY'S LOW-BOY TRAILER. THE DOZER WAS NOT CENTERED TO HIS LIKING, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE DOZER OVER A LITTLE. THE DOZER'S STEEL TRACK STARTED TO SLIP ON THE STEEL SURFACE OF THE LOWBOY. THE DOZER SLID COMPLETELY OFF THE LOWBOY AND OVERTURNED. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS NOT WEARING THE SEATBELT AT THE TIME, WAS THROWN OFF AND CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN THE DOZER AND THE GROUND.

Keywords: UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, SLIPPERY SURFACE, BULLDOZER, TRAILER, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102550324			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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