Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200452001 - Employee Is Killed While Operating Track Hoe

Accident Summary Nr: 200452001 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 04/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309523405	04/07/2006	1623	237110	Pugh & Sons Construction, Llc

Abstract: On April 6, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a track hoe, while engaged in site preparation work on a construction site. He was guiding a track hoe down a narrow dirt road on the construction site. As he attempted to avoid a 13 in. high tree stump that was located near the center of the dirt road, he leaned out of the cab of the track hoe to look at the stump and inadvertently struck the joystick cab control located to his left. This action caused the cab of the track hoe to swing sharply to the left and crushed his head between the front left corner of the cab and an oak tree located immediately to the left of the cab. He sustained head injuries and died at the scene.

Keywords: HEAD, DRIVER, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TREE, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309523405			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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