Fatality Narrative: Excavation Contractor Killed When Bulldozer Rolls Over While Unloading from Trailer

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On July 16, 2005, the owner of an excavation contracting company died when he sustained crushing injuries from a bulldozer that overturned. The 68-year-old victim was in the process of unloading the bulldozer from its trailer that was parked alongside a roadway. As the victim was maneuvering the bulldozer off the trailer, a section of the road gave way, tilting the trailer which caused the bulldozer and victim to roll 10 feet down an embankment. The victim was pinned under the bulldozer and died from traumatic asphyxia. It is not known if the bulldozer was equipped with rollover protection (ROPS) or if the operator was wearing a seatbelt. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Education Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Equipment Design Equipment Maintenance Equipment Operation Equipment Operators Equipment Reliability Excavation Equipment Excavations Fatalities Hazards Motor Vehicles Protective Equipment Protective Measures Risk Assessment Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Safety Belts Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries Work Environment Workers Worker Safety

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051773
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-44-2006, 2006 Feb; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: excavation contractor killed when bulldozer rolls over while unloading from trailer
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a5e9d43f3d45ac834bc7dae499f87d2778ad78bcd90d992cea2df06530f820ebab08778d8e967af5cc80557cc4eed20ff5b37de91f64fb9a63edd53ab37e5d5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228829/cdc_228829_DS1.pdf
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