Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170128045 - Employee injured when scrapers collide

Accident Summary Nr: 170128045 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 05/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108248238	05/20/1991	1623	0	Tri-State Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating scraper #1 on Highway 6 in the area of a large slide that was blocking both lanes of the highway. Scrapers and trucks were taking slide material west on Highway 6 to the disposal site. Employee #1 pulled out his empty scraper from behind a truck and was heading east when he struck a loaded westbound scraper. He suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized.

Keywords: SCRAPER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, COLLISION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108248238			Hospitalized injury	Other	Grader, dozer and scraper operators

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