Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843882 - Employee's leg amputated when run over by compactor

Accident Summary Nr: 170843882 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/02/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125591446	10/02/1999	1629	0	Lawrence Gentry Construction Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was checking the grade on the pad of a building. He was behind a steel-wheeled, 85-ton compactor when the vehicle backed over him, amputating his left leg. Employee #1 was not in the compactor operator's line of sight, and he had apparently become complacent about the back-up alarm. Employee #1 had been on the job for three months at the time of the accident.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125591446			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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