Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14557565 - Employee crushed and killed by backing dozer

Accident Summary Nr: 14557565 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 11/08/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2956340	11/14/1990	9511	0	Abq, City Of

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 p.m. on November 8, 1990, Employee #1 entered a trash pile area as a Caterpillar D9N dozer was pushing trash up the mound to be compacted. Employee #1 crossed the trash pile from left to right approximately 1 to 2 ft behind the dozer. The dozer operator stopped the forward motion of the dozer, looked back, and saw nothing unusual. At the same time the dozer started backward, Employee #1, who was directly behind the dozer, slipped and fell. The dozer kept moving backward and ran over him, crushing his lower abdomen. Employee #1 died. The operator did not see or know that he had run over Employee #1.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, WORK RULES, OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW, SLIP, CRUSHED, FALL, BULLDOZER, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2956340			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Laborers, except construction

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