Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200921476 - Employee Killed When Struck By Excavator

**Accident: 200921476 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 02/11/2004**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
307174946	02/11/2004	1623	J. Sanders Construction Co.

On February 10, 2004, Employee #1 was operating a tracked excavator, stopped and left it idling. Because the cab door was taped shut, he exited through the windshield. He loaded a water cooler into the vehicle cab through the windshield. When he set the cooler onto the floor of the cab, the cooler contacted the right peddle causing the excavator's left track to move. Employee's #1 was killed when the track ran over the lower part of his body

Keywords: inadequate maint, construction, earthmoving equip, torso, crushed, excavator, fall, struck by, run over, unstable position

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	307174946			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. FatCause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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