Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200540425 - Employee killed when excavator overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200540425 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 08/20/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123315947	08/20/1999	1799	0	West Contracting Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using an excavator to clear land for the Monongahela Valley Expressway. He was traveling on a steep grade when the excavator overturned and he fell out. Employee #1 became trapped under the cab and was killed. He was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident.

Keywords: WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, STEEP GRADE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, EXCAVATOR, FALL, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		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	123315947			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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