Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200622967 - Road grader strikes and kills employee

Accident Summary Nr: 200622967 -- Report ID: 0454734 -- Event Date: 05/26/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307676718	05/27/2004	1611	237310	Knoxville-Public Works

Abstract: On May 26, 2004, a construction worker was placing red flags on a road to mark the path for a road scraper/grader during the construction of a greenway in Morningside Park. The road scraper/grader had made one pass and was backing up to make a second pass. As the grader backed up, the rear of the machine turned to the left while the front was going to the right. The employee was on the right side of the grader and squatted down to place a red flag in the ground. The right front tire of the grader caught the employee and pulled him under the tire, running over the employee's chest and head, killing him.

Keywords: CHEST, GRADER, HEAD, VEHICLE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, INATTENTION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307676718			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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