Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113191.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from accelerating

Accident Summary Nr: 113191.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 12/17/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1366575.015	12/17/2018		236210	V. Paulius & Associates

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on December 17, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an industrial building construction company, was found on the ground after operating a dozer at the site of a new commercial building. He told emergency medical personnel he jumped from the dozer after inadvertently hitting the throttle. Fall height was 5 feet, and the employee either struck the dozer tracks or the ground or both. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of multiple rib fractures and other internal injuries.

Keywords: Accelerator Pedal, Bulldozer, Construction, Dozer, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fracture, Grader, Jump On Moving Equip, Rib, Struck Against, Torso, Tracks

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1366575.015	64	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 5 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause:

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