Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2089704 - Office Building

Inspection Information - Office: Birmingham Area Office

Inspection Nr: 2089704

Report ID: 0418300

Date Opened: 11/12/1985

Site Address:
Office Building
Industrial Dr. Oxmoor Ind. Park
Birmingham, AL 35209

Mailing Address:
Industrial Dr. Oxmoor Ind. Park, Birmingham, AL 35209

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Planned

Scope: No Insp/Process Inactive

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/12/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/21/1985

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14348916

Event: 11/12/1985

CRUSHED UNDER OVERTURNED TRACTOR

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUSH HOGGING AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED NATURAL GAS UTILITY LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY NORTHWEST OF PHEONIX CITY, ALABAMA. THE TERRAIN WAS ROLLING AND SLOPING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A BELARUS MODEL 820 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR, WITH A BUSH HOG ATTACHED. NO ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE (ROPS) WAS PROVIDED. THE TRACTOR ROLLED OVER, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE UNDERNEATH. HE DIED ON SITE OF MULTIPLE BODY INJURIES.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, TRACTOR, BUSH HOG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2089704			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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