Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200782415 - Employee riding on equipment is crushed by loader bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200782415 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303916308	05/13/2002	1611	0	Madden Contracting Company, Inc.

Abstract: On May 10, 2002, three construction employees were operating a paver. One of the three employees was riding on the back of the machine. Another employee was following the paver, operating a front-end loader. When the operator of the front-end loader turned his head around to check if his machine was adequately picking up excess asphalt, the paver stopped abruptly. The front-end loader kept moving forward and the bucket of the loader hit the employee who was riding on the back of the paver, crushing him.

Keywords: TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, LOADER BUCKET, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, ASPHALT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303916308			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	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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