Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200840452 - Employee killed between loader frame and bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200840452 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 10/15/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300610177	10/15/1999	1541	0	Fru-Con Construction Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer at a construction site, had been using a shovel to manually backfill a shallow excavation. Simultaneously, an Ingersoll-Rand Bobcat loader, machine #763, serial #512229340, was bringing a bucket of fly ash to the excavation. Employee #1 approached the Bobcat from the south, apparently to direct him where to dump the material. For some reason, he fell to his knees and his head became caught between the steel frame of the Bobcat and the bucket support arm, 2 ft to 3 ft above the ground. Employee #1 was killed instantly. There were no witnesses who saw the sequence of events. Housekeeping in the area was satisfactory and the job site was well lit.

Keywords: HEAD, SIGNALMAN, LOADER BUCKET, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LOADER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300610177			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	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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