Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200920684 - Employee crushed by machine when engine starts

Accident Summary Nr: 200920684 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 06/19/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305266488	06/19/2002	1611	237310	A & W Contracting Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on June 19, 2002, Employees #1 and #2 were starting a Komat'su track dozer. Employee #1 was standing partly in front of the left side track of the machine. Employee #2 was standing beside the track. He was holding the engine door open with one hand and the ignition key in the on-position with his other hand. Previously, the machine ignition switch failed many times to start the engine. Employee #1 touched the contact points on the starter using a screw driver. The machine was in forward high gear when the engine started and moved forward trapping Employee #1 under the machine's track. Employee #1 was crushed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IGNITION SYSTEM, ENGINE, CRUSHED, GEAR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305266488			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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