Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200460038 - Employee's son killed when brake fails on road grader

Accident Summary Nr: 200460038 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/19/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116305954	07/31/1996	3531	0	Rochester Bituminous Products, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was not an actual employee, but the 13-year-old son of the company's president. He was visiting a work site when the brake failed on a parked road grader. It rolled forward into Employee #1, who was crushed and killed. The unmanned grader was parked on an incline, and it was not chocked.

Keywords: CHOCK, BRAKE, WORK RULES, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, ROAD GRADER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED, SLOPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116305954			Fatality	Dislocation	Occupation not reported

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