Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301161097 - Sterling Const Co

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 301161097

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 08/06/1999

Site Address:
Sterling Const Co
Diamond Mountain: Williams/Mapco Pipeline
Vernal, UT 84078

Mailing Address:
25 Garnett Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/06/1999

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: N:Trench

Case Closed: 08/06/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	301161097
Accident	362650715

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 171057896

Event: 08/05/1999

Employee killed when struck by track of rolling dozer

Employee #1 was using a Caterpillar D-8H bulldozer to help to move other vehicles up a steep section of a pipeline right-of-way. The vehicles were attached by choker cable to the bulldozer and then pulled to the top. Employee #1 stopped the dozer on the steep grade, set the parking brake, and dismounted to hook up a bus he was going to pull to the top of the hill. He had been off the bulldozer for several minutes when the parking brake failed and the vehicle began to move downhill. Employee #1 tried to jump back onto the dozer but he became entangled in its track and was killed.

Keywords: BRAKE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STEEP GRADE, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, ENTANGLED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301161097			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Operating engineers

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