Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200355121 - Employee Is Pinned and Killed by Runaway Scraper

Accident Summary Nr: 200355121 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/16/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309319994	12/17/2005	1623	237110	Billy Bill Grading Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on December 21, 2005, Employee #1 was working for a construction firm. He was unloading a Caterpillar Model Number 613B scraper from a lowboy trailer in the company's equipment yard. He lowered the trailer bed to the ground and disconnected the trailer gooseneck from the trailer. Then he moved the truck forward approximately three feet and returned to the trailer to remove the three chains securing the scraper to the trailer. After removing the chains, he moved to the rear of the gooseneck and started to stow the chains in the compartment provided. The scraper rolled forward approximately five feet down the approximately 5 degree slope of the trailer bed, pinning Employee #1 between the scraper and the gooseneck. He was conscious and calling for help. Coworkers responded and removed him from the pinned position, applied blankets, and monitored his pulse until emergency medical services arrived to transport him to Cape Fear Regional Hospital. He was pronounced dead there at approximately 1:00 p.m. that same day.

Keywords: SCRAPER, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRAILER HITCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SLOPING, LOST CONTROL, SLOPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309319994			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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