Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170368633 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Grader

Accident Summary Nr: 170368633 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/18/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308201367	01/19/2005	1623	237110	Atlas Excavating

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 p.m. on January 18, 2005, Employee #1 was cleaning the tracks of a Case Bulldozer, Model Number DH6. A coworker and Employee #1 decided to attempt to save time by using a blade of a John Deere Grader, model number 670B, to clean the sides of the bulldozer. After removing some dirt on the first side of the trailer, the operator of the grader proceeded to look backwards to ensure that he would not strike anyone or anything behind him. He allowed the grader to proceed backward while looking backward. Employee #1 was killed when he was struck by the front left (from the driver's perspective), and received head injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, CLEANING, MACHINE OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, ROAD GRADER, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, BACKING UP, CONTUSION, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308201367			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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