Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200624385 - Employee killed when run over by scraper

Accident Summary Nr: 200624385 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 07/03/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311146724	07/03/2007	1794	238910	Keay Construction

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on July 3, 2007, Employee #1 returned with his coworkers from lunch. He was standing on the driver's side of a John Deere scraper when he noticed a piece of wood lodged in the cables under the scraper. Employee #1 shouted to the operator to stop for a minute and told a coworker to come around to the other side and help him dislodge the wood. While walking in front of the scraper to get to the other side, the coworker noticed the operator talking on the Nextel to the usual operator. Employee #1 and the coworker were under the tractor and had dislodged one piece of wood when the tractor started up and the front tire moved forward. The coworker shouted, "Get out of there," and rolled out from under the equipment. He went to the front of the tractor, waving his arms and shouting for the operator to stop. Employee #1 was killed when he was run over by the scraper's rear tire.

Keywords: SCRAPER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CRUSHED, TRACTOR, RUN OVER, COMMUNICATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311146724			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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