Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200540144 - Employee killed when run over by bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 200540144 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 05/23/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122672843	05/27/1997	1794	0	Atlas Services Incorporated

Abstract: On May 23, 1997, Employee #1 was using a Caterpillar D6H track dozer to level a shoulder area. He was last observed backing down an approximately 45 percent slope. He apparently jumped or was thrown from the dozer as it traveled backward over a second slope of between 75 and 100 percent. Employee #1 was struck by the moving bulldozer, pulled under its tracks, and killed. The dozer traveled another 383 ft down the hill before it struck a large tree and stopped.

Keywords: EJECTED, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, STEEP GRADE, FALL, UNMANNED, BULLDOZER, LOST CONTROL, RUN OVER, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122672843			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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