Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14373633 - Employee killed between conduit reel and bulldozer arm

Accident Summary Nr: 14373633 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 07/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106055981	07/26/2000	1623	0	Push, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and five coworkers were loading 2 to 9 ft in diameter conduit reels onto the deployment arms of a bulldozer. They had wrapped a chain around one reel and the excavator operator began lifting it when a second reel, which was standing on end next to the first, fell over. Employee #1 became pinned between the conduit reel and the deployment arms of the bulldozer, and was killed. All of the reels were standing on end and, because of space constraints, they were placed on the grade to the highway exit ramp. This meant they were sitting at an angle and leaning toward the employees.

Keywords: LOADING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, MECH MAT HANDLING, BULLDOZER, SLOPE, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE LOAD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	106055981			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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