Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200340685 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Overturned Loader

Accident Summary Nr: 200340685 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 09/15/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307041558	09/15/2006	1611	237310	Pember Companies, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 15, 2006, Employee #1 was placing a load of gravel into a dump truck with a rubber-tired front end loader. The bucket of the loader was fully extended above the dump truck box, when the loader tipped over sideways and rolled down an embankment one complete revolution and landed on its side. The employee was not wearing a seat belt and the cab door appeared to be propped open at the time of the accident. The employee was ejected from the cab of the loader and pinned beneath the left side of the loader. He was crushed and killed. Further investigation revealed that the employee had no specific training on the operation of the loader but was evaluated by other foremen and operators as to his competency, prior to being allowed to operate the loader.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, LOADER, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307041558			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	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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