Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14312326 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY TREE ROOT SECTION

Accident Summary Nr: 14312326 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 10/23/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100216076	10/24/1986	1795	0	A. Ritz Corporation

Abstract: ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 PUSHED A MAPLE TREE OVER WITH A MODEL 977 CAT TRAXCAVATOR. HE THEN BACKED THE MACHINE AWAY TO ALLOW A LABORER TO CUT THE TREE INTO SECTIONS. EMPLOYEE #1, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, DISMOUNTED HIS MACHINE AND ENTERED THE TREE'S ROOT HOLE. THE HOLE WAS 10 FEET LONG, 7 FEET WIDE AND 3 FEET DEEP. WHEN THE LABORER CUT OFF THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THE TREE, THE ROOT SECTION ROLLED BACK INTO ITS HOLE, STRIKING AND CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, TREE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100216076			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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