Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147511.015 - Employee is killed in work zone after run over by grader

Accident Summary Nr: 147511.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 06/29/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1605316.015	06/30/2022		237990	Oftedal Construction, Inc.

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.

Keywords: 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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1605316.015	34	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause:

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