Accident: 812172 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 11/29/1996
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on November 29, 1996, Employee #1 was operating a Komatsu D65A to clear a trail for the construction of a snowmobile trail. The bulldozer stalled, and the employee attempted to restart it by jumping the starter/solenoid, leaving the bulldozer in third reverse gear and full throttle. He was dislodged from his position on the right track, becoming caught between the back of the bulldozer blade and the front of the engine compartment. He was dragged as the bulldozer moved and his head was crushed by the blade, killing him.
construction, dozer blade, run over, head, bulldozer, caught between, crushed, work rules, vehicle in gear, dragged
Accident: 170743611 - Killed When Crushed Between Bulldozer And Trailer
Employee #1 was working as the ground person in a feed lot. He was supposed to open the rear gate of a silage trailer so the product could be unloaded. As the trailer was being emptied, a Cat D6C bulldozer was pushing the silage up onto a pile. Employee #1 was standing at the rear of the silage trailer when the Cat backed down the pile, crushing him between the bulldozer blade and the trailer. Employee #1 was killed.
bulldozer, caught between, dozer blade, backing up, earthmoving equip, crushed, inattention, work rules
Accident: 755348 - Dies In Natural Gas Explosion
On March 28, 1994, Employee #1, the operator of a D8 Caterpillar bulldozer, was pushing river rock at the bottom of an arroyo that was being widened as part of a draining reclamation project. The blade of the dozer struck a pressurized 8 inch natural gas gathering line, causing an explosion. Employee #1 was burned to death. The employer was a private contractor, working under the direction of a federal agency.
construction, natural gas, pipeline, explosion, bulldozer, struck against, burn, dozer blade
Accident: 170210124 - Killed When Struck By Dozer Blade
On October 8, 1991, Employee #1 and two coworkers, of Peter A. Basile Sons, Inc., were stringing a line from the new driveway pavement to the pavement edge on a road to check the grade of a manhole. He was holding the string at the edge of the road. When he stood up, he was struck and killed by the blade of a D-8 dozer that was being hauled on a lowboy. The lowboy was traveling at about 20 mph.
construction, dozer blade, struck by
Accident: 170237010 - Killed By Overturned Tractor
Employee #1 was pushing dirt with a John Deere 450 long track crawler tractor with dozer blade. The area he was dozing had about a 10 degree slope from west to east. To the south was a sharp drop-off of about 16 ft. The dozer backed off the precipice at an angle so that the right track caused the center of gravity to shift, sending the dozer down the precipice, turning and landing on its left side. Employee #1 was not wearing a seat belt and apparently was thrown from the dozer with the ROPS coming to rest on top of him. He died.
tractor, dozer blade, slope, unguarded, backing up, load shift, overturn, ejected, crushed, seat belt
Accident: 14481980 - Dozer Operator Struck By Dozer Blade
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CASE 1150 B DOZER ON A 27 DEGREE SLOPE. HE WAS COMPACTING GRASS SEED ON THE TOP HALF (SEEDED SLOPE). THE BOTTOM HALF WAS ROCK. EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER JUMPED OFF THE DOZER OR WAS THROWN. THE DOZER'S BLADE ENDED UP BEING ON THE EMPLOYEES HEAD. THERE WERE NO SAFETY BELTS ON THE DOZER AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. THE DECEASED EMPLOYEE (#1) SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES, KILLING HIM AT ONCE. EMPLOYEE #2 DID NOT SEE ACCIDENT HAPPEN BUT FOUND EMPLOYEE #2 UNDER THE DOZER BLADE. THIS WAS ABOUT 5 SECONDS TO 10 SECONDS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.<
bulldozer, dozer blade, slope, seat belt
