Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200671782 - Employee Killed In Fall From Loader Bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200671782 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 04/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301883344	04/07/1999	1623	0	A.P. Paving Co.

Abstract: On April 7, 1999, Employee #1, age 20, was part of a crew installing a French drain within 3 ft of the road at a construction site. The foreman came by driving a Case front end loader, model 621, and picked up Employee #1, allowing him to ride sitting in the right side of the loader bucket. He had moved about 30 ft when Employee #1 fell out of the bucket. His head was crushed under the right wheel of the loader, and he was killed.

Keywords: head, loader bucket, work rules, construction, riding on equipment, crushed, fall, loader, run over, unstable position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301883344			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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