Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14300446 - CRUSHED BY OVERTURNING SOIL SCREEN BOX

Accident Summary Nr: 14300446 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 09/19/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2601631	09/20/1985	1629	0	Okada Trucking Co Ltd

Abstract: ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY AT 2:10 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A CATERPILLAR 955 LOADER TO SCREEN SOIL ONTO A 8' X 12' SCREEN BOX THAT HAD UPRIGHT LEGS 4' & 8' LONG. FOR SOME REASON THE SCREEN BOX HAD TILTED ONTO IT'S SIDE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN BOX WHEN IT FELL ON HIM. HE WAS CRUSHED AGAINST A MOUND OF DIRT. AN AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED, BUT THE EMPLOYEE WAS PROUNCED DEAD AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AT APPROXIMATELY 2:50 PM. DEATH WAS CAUSED BY ASPHYXIATION, TRAUMA AND COMPRESSION OF THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2601631			Fatality	Asphyxia	Excavating and loading machine operators

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