Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200880573 - Machine operator killed by loader

Accident Summary Nr: 200880573 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 07/11/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107694572	07/11/2001	1611	0	Meyers Construction

Abstract: On July 11, 2001, Employee #1 was operating a Mustang 960 rubber-tired skid-steer loader. When he stood up from a seated position to operate the tail gate handle of a dump truck immediately in front of the loader, he made contact with the directional control of the loader, causing it to lurch forward. Employee #1 was killed when his head was pinned between the overhead protection of the loader and the tail gate of the dump truck.

Keywords: HEAD, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LOADER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	107694572			Fatality	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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