Heavy Equipment Operator and Rancher Crushed by Excavator Excavator—Oregon

Details

• Personal Author:
  Eversmeyer, Steve
• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE) ; Oregon Health & Science University. Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
• Description:
  On March 12th, 2021, a 57-year-old heavy equipment operator and 47-year-old rancher were run over by an excavator
  
  they died from their injuries immediately. Another individual was able to stop the excavator without getting injured. At the time of the incident, the heavy equipment operator was standing on the tracks when the pilot control stop bar was accidentally released, allowing the machine to start moving. He fell in between the tracks. When the rancher saw him fall, he ran to the machine to pull him to safety but was also run over by the machine. The operator's lunchbox had been left resting on the travel control levers causing the machine to activate when the pilot control stop bar was accidentally released.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Agricultural Industry Construction Equipment Equipment Operation Excavation Equipment Fatalities Heavy Machinery Injury Prevention OSHA Region 10 Safety Practices
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Construction ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE21OR01
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• Contributor:
  Hurtado, David ; Boyd, Jackie ; Madjlesi, Rachel ; Hanley, Barbara ; Olson, Ryan ; Potgieter, Gideon
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067816
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 21OR01, 2023 May ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS) ; 11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS) ; 238910 - Site Preparation Contractors - (NAICS) ; 111940 - Hay Farming - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ff5ad5278d4c901cdfe5cef2dcacc6fc860b7156ceafb824a98fdbd623a287bfd76ed980a897b54d3442372b4738ea5e2959a16cbf2cae60bd86ab3250322de8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164842/cdc_164842_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 867.66 KB ]