Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780963 - Employee killed when grinding machine falls off jack stands

Accident Summary Nr: 200780963 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 12/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122185093	12/08/1999	1611	0	Thomas Grinding, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, an equipment operator, was under a 6,000 lb milling/rumble machine, changing the cutting teeth bits. The machine had been elevated on 6 ton jack stands along the shoulder of an Interstate highway service road. The shoulder was not a level surface and the machine shifted, causing the jack stands to topple over and the unit to fall on top of Employee #1. He was crushed and killed. Employee #1 had neglected to reinstall the hydraulic lifting device safety pin on the machine, which allowed it to shift.

Keywords: UNEVEN GROUND, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOCKING PINS, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, JACK, HIGHWAY SHOULDER, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122185093			Fatality	Other	Crushing and grinding machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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