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Accident: 200540425 - Employee Killed When Excavator Overturns

**Accident: 200540425 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 08/20/1999**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
123315947	08/20/1999	1799	West Contracting Inc.

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		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	123315947			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:2 Cause: Landscaping FatCause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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