Inspection Detail
Inspection: 301161097 - Sterling Const Co
Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health
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
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
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Accident | 301161097 | ||
Accident | 362650715 |
Investigation Summary
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
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 301161097 | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Operating engineers |