Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200980480 - Employees are killed after struck by construction scraper

Accident Summary Nr: 200980480 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 08/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307811851	08/30/2004	1611	237310	Wyoming Department Of Transportation

Abstract: On August 30, 2004, Employees #1 and #2 were working with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, WYDOT, survey crew doing surveying work within the road right-of-way in support of an ongoing construction project to widen and resurface an existing two-lane highway. A scraper owned and operated by the project general contractor was doing earth-moving work in the vicinity. The scraper came up and out of the borrow pin and ran over Employee #1 and #2. Employee #1 was instantly fatally injured and Employee #2 was seriously injured. The WYDOT employees were working in the center of the roadway, facing away from the scraper's approach. The scraper operator could not see the WYDOT employees due to blind spot visibility limitations and did not realize the mishap had occurred until returning several minutes later with the next load of soil. Employee #2 was hospitalized and treated for fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, SCRAPER, PPE, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, MOTOR VEHICLE, POOR VISIBILITY

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307811851			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Civil engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons
2	307811851			Fatality	Dislocation	Civil engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.