Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 784405 - Employee Run Over And Killed By His Backing Bulldozer

**Accident: 784405 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 09/10/1991**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
115937385	09/10/1991	1794	V & G Rock Excavating & Paving

Employee #1, a bulldozer operator, stopped to check his hydraulic oil and inadvertently pushed the dozer's gears into reverse. The employee either jumped or fell from the dozer as it moved backward. His head was crushed by the dozer's shovel, which dragged him approximately 25 ft until the dozer ran into an embankment and stopped. The employee was killed. There were no witnesses.

Keywords: embankment, vehicle in gear, equipment operator, construction, bulldozer, run over, backing up

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	115937385			Fatality	Fracture	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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