Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2584928 - Western Technologies Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Arizona Division Of Occupational Safety And Health (Adosh)

Investigation Summary

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MAKING SOIL DENSITY TESTS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT A BRIDGE APPROACH AREA. THE ROAD WAS 87 FEET WIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED 16 FEET, 6 INCHES FROM THE NORTH EDGE OF THE ROAD, WHICH RUNS EAST TO WEST. THERE WERE TWO COMPACTORS AND A CATERPILLAR MODEL 621, 12,5000 GALLON WATER-PULL WORKING IN THE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TOLD BY A FOREMAN NOT TO MAKE THE TESTS ALONE. RATHER, THE FOREMAN TOLD #1 TO WAIT FOR HIM TO RETURN SO THAT HE COULD HELP. STILL, EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE TESTS ALONE, AND FAILED TO INFORM THE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS THAT HE WAS IN THE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY THE WATER-PULL WHEN THAT VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 KNEELING ON THE GROUND AND SO MADE NO EFFORT TO AVOID HIM.

Keywords: OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, RUN OVER