Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200556314 - Employee Dies after Being Run over by Bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 200556314 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 12/09/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314767955	12/21/2010	1611	237310	Gilchrist Construction

Abstract: On December 9, 2010, Employee #1 worked at a construction work site on I-12 east in Baton Rouge, LA. Employee #1 spotted dump trucks that delivered fill dirt to the site. Another employee, the bulldozer operator, operated a bulldozer to spread the dirt after it was dumped. During a delivery, the bulldozer operator reversed the bulldozer and backed up in order to get closer to the interstate crash barrier and allow more room for the dump truck to drop its dirt load. When the bulldozer operator backed up, the bulldozer struck Employee #1 and ran over him. Employee #1 suffered serious injuries. The bulldozer operator dismounted from the cab of the bulldozer and realized that he had backed over Employee #1. The bulldozer operator called emergency services. Medical personnel transported Employee #1 to a local hospital. On December 21, 2010, Employee #1 died in the local hospital from the he injuries suffered when the bulldozer backed over him.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, SIGNALMAN, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, BULLDOZER, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314767955			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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