Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118271.015 - One employee is killed, four are injured in vehicle roll-ove

Accident Summary Nr: 118271.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 07/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1417468.015	07/22/2019		237990	Stacy And Witbeck, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on July 19, 2019, at the end of the workday, Employees #1 through #5, employed by a civil construction company, were travelling in a Polaris XP1000 Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV). Employee #1, the driver, was driving downhill on a steep (11 degrees) unpaved road. Employee #1 later reported that the UTV's transmission and brakes failed. The vehicle picked up speed as it rolled downhill. It then rolled over into a 20-foot deep embankment and crashed into a tree. Employee #2 (back left passenger) was killed. Emergency services transported Employees #1, #3 (back middle passenger), #4 (back right passenger), and #5 (front passenger) to the hospital. Employees #1 and #5 were admitted and treated for vertebrae fractures. Employees #3 and #4 were treated for abrasions and contusions and then released.

Keywords: Abrasion, Brake, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Ejected, Embankment, Equipment Failure, Fracture, Motor Vehicle, Roll-Over, Speeding, Struck Against, Tree, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1417468.015	33	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	1417468.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	1417468.015	53	M	Fatality	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	1417468.015	42	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
5	1417468.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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