Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200331718 - Employee Is Killed by Bobcat Forks

Accident Summary Nr: 200331718 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 03/27/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309809853	03/28/2006	1771	238110	Genuine Builders, Inc.

Abstract: On March 27, 2006, two employees were using a Bobcat skid-steer loader equipped with a forklift attachment to place garbage into a dumpster. The operator was attempting to push the garbage down in the dumpster, but did not know how to tilt the forks. Employee #1 approached the front of the loader from the outside and leaned in to operate the controls. The forks had apparently been caught on the edge of the dumpster. While Employee #1 was maneuvering the controls, the forks broke free, and the arm of the skid steer came down and crushed him against the loader's frame. He was killed.

Keywords: HAND CONTROL, WORK RULES, DUMPSTER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, ABRASION, LOADER, SKIDDER, CONTUSION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309809853			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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