Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200801942 - Employee Is Killed When Run over by Bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 200801942 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 01/04/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310764592	01/07/2008	1629	238910	J. I. Construction

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 a.m. on January 4, 2008, Employee #1, an equipment operator, operated a back hoe on the top of a mound of excavated soil, and the turret of the back hoe struck a large tree stump, damaging the hydraulics. The operator left his equipment and walked down the mound to where a coworker was operating a bulldozer. The coworker was back raking stone with the blade of the bulldozer. Employee #1 walked behind the bulldozer while it was moving backward and was crushed by the left track. The coworker was not aware of the location of Employee #1 until after he was crushed and killed.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, RUN OVER, WORK SURFACE, INATTENTION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310764592			Fatality	Other	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	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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