Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170064950 - Employee struck and killed by land scraper

Accident Summary Nr: 170064950 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 06/21/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115609950	06/21/1994	1629	0	Borderland Construction Co. Inc.

Abstract: On the morning of June 21, 1994, Employee #1 was working as a grade checker and was guiding a blade operator who was leveling ground pads on a housing project. At the same time, the operator of a self-propelled scraper had been instructed to pick up windrow on #47 and #48 pads. Employee #1 was standing on the scraper's driver's side. As the scraper backed up to pick up the windrow, it struck and crushed Employee #1. He died instantly.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115609950			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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