Hispanic heavy equipment operator was killed while jump-starting a pad-foot drum compactor.

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04OK010

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Hispanic heavy equipment operator was killed while jump-starting a pad-foot drum compactor.

2004/12/10
By Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE) ; Oklahoma. State Department of Health ; Oklahoma. Injury Prevention Service

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On April 1, 2004, a 62-year-old Hispanic equipment operator for a road construction company was crushed by a pad-foot drum compactor while attempting to manually start the machine. Prior to the incident, the victim and his co-workers were compacting soil and preparing to lay a new road surface. The workers, employed by the site's subcontractor, did not have one of the company-owned compactors available at the site, so one was borrowed from the general contractor. Due to a faulty starter system, the machine's engine would frequently die when used over rough terrain, requiring a manual jump-start. After running over a rock, the decedent attempted to jump-start the equipment with a hand tool, while it was in high gear and the propulsion lever was full forward. While leaning over the rear tire, the decedent was pulled in between the tire and the fender assembly and crushed when the machine engaged and moved forward. The compactor continued moving with no operator until crashing into a tree 1/4 mile away. Co-workers did not witness the incident, but did see the equipment moving and the victim lying on the ground unresponsive. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE) investigators concluded that to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure that all defective equipment is removed from service until repaired. 2. Ensure that workers are knowledgeable of the manufacturer's recommended operating procedures and safety practices for equipment that they are assigned to operate. 3. Periodically monitor and evaluate employee conformance with safe operating procedures and provide re-training and corrective action as necessary when the procedures are not followed. Additionally, 4. Manufacturers should not provide instructions for actions that counter their safety recommendations and should consider additional fail-safe measures to prevent tampering.
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Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding OSHA Region 6 Protective-measures Road-construction Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Highway Work Zones (0008) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Highway Work Zones (0008) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Construction (0038) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04OK010
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6

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CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-6
NIOSHTIC Number:

20027812
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2006-102399
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 04OK010, 2004 Dec; :1-6
Federal Fiscal Year:

2005
Performing Organization:

Oklahoma State Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1997/07/01
End Date:

2007/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-04OK010
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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