Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170133540 - Employee dies when run over by front end loader

Accident Summary Nr: 170133540 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 10/05/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123765497	10/05/1993	1611	0	Washington Asphalt Co Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:20 a.m. on October 5, 1993, Employee #1 was engaged in a maintenance operation at the asphalt plant. During this time, he stopped and walked across to another part of the plant to assist in another maintenance project. Following this task, he attempted to walk back across an aggregate stock pile area, when a Caterpillar 980 front end loader drove around an approximately fifty-foot pile of gravel. Not seeing Employee #1, the operator ran over him. Employee #1 suffered massive crushing of the head, chest, and abdomen and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, ABDOMEN, FRONT END LOADER, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, RUN OVER, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123765497			Fatality	Other	Machinery maintenance occupations

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