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Accident Summary Nr: 14380117 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY SCRAPER

Accident Summary Nr: 14380117 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 11/05/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101116861	11/06/1987	1611	0	Don Thompson Excavating

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A ROAD INSPECTOR FOR GREENE COUNTY. HE WAS CLOSELY OBSERVING THE SOIL CONDITIONS WHERE A SCRAPER OR "PAN" WAS REMOVING SOIL TO GET DOWN TO SOME FIRM BASE FOR ROAD REWORK ON A DANGEROUS CURVE AND INTERSECTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OBSERVED STEPPING TO THE REAR OF THE SCRAPER JUST AS IT PASSED HIM BY 3 OR 4 FEET. THE SCRAPER IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO BACK UP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FACING THE OTHER DIRECTION AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE SCRAPER HAD CHANGED DIRECTION. THE SCRAPER KNOCKED EMPLOYEE #1 DOWN AND BACKED OVER HIM BEFORE THE WITNESS COULD REACT. THERE WAS NO BACK-UP ALARM OR SIMILAR SIGNAL ON THE SCRAPER.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, SCRAPER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101116861			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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