Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 920140 - Employee killed when crushed by overturned bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 920140 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 11/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108994989	12/03/1992	0133	0	New Hope South Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was told to deliver a 1970-71 Caterpillar D-4 model bulldozer, serial #84J2440, engine #3304, to a sugar field to pull a tractor. He drove the lowboy, semi-type truck past the designated unloading ramp, which was one of a few level spots on the road. A transport bus carrying planters (workers that follow the tractor planting sugar) was parked in the middle of the narrow road. Employee #1 attempted to pass the bus and ended up in soft earth, unable to move. Employee #1 decided to remove the dozer, thus lightening the lowboy, and drive back onto the road. The dozer slipped off the side of the lowboy. Employee #1 attempted to jump to safety in the same direction as the tipping dozer. The ROPS caught his head and crushed him to the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, AGRICULTURE, STUCK, WORK RULES, ROPS, CRUSHED, OFF LOADING, BULLDOZER, TRAILER, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108994989			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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