Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200925758 - Worker Is Killed When Crushed by Loader

Accident Summary Nr: 200925758 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 08/20/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313726655	08/20/2009	1611	237310	E.W. Muller Contractor, Inc.

Abstract: On August 20, 2009, Employee #1, of E.W. Muller Contractor, Inc., was grading a site. While grading the site, he was riding in the bucket of a tracked bucket loader moving supplies to another part of the site. Employee #1 fell from the bucket and was crushed by the loader, killing him.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, LOADER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313726655			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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