Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200020295 - Employee injured when run over by bulldozer
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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300021763 | 01/16/1997 | 1794 | 0 | Vollers Excavating & Construction Company, Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on January 16, 1997, Employee #1, a laborer for Vollers Excavating and Construction Company, Inc., was working at a construction site in Florham Park, NJ. While acting as a backup guide on a new construction road that was being built, he walked in front of a Caterpillar track-type bulldozer that had been stationary. The operator did not see him and abruptly moved the dozer forward to smooth some ruts in the new road. Employee #1 was struck by the bulldozer, and fell under its partially raised blade. He tried to get out of the way, but became caught under the vehicle's right track. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures to his left knee and left lower leg, and to both of his feet. He also required skin grafts. A heavy rainstorm earlier that morning had made the ground wet and muddy, lessening the extent of Employee #1's injuries.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 4 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 300021763 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons |