Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201069838 - Employee Is Killed When Pinned Under Caterpillar

Accident Summary Nr: 201069838 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/27/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307033423	04/27/2006	7353	532412	Quinn Rentals

Abstract: At approximately 7:15 a.m. on April 27, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a CAT CP-323 Pad Foot Vibratory Roller. The CAT weighs approximately 10,120 pounds and is equipped with an operative seatbelt. Employee #1 was not wearing the seatbelt. He lost control, while off loading from the back of a Freightliner roll-back, flatbed delivery truck. A piece of equipment slid off the back of the tilt-bed. It flipped onto its side, and Employee #1 jumped free of the equipment's ROPS, roll over protection system. He was pinned under the ROPS cage and died.

Keywords: HEAD, ROLL-OVER, ROPS, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, CONCUSSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307033423			Fatality	Concussion	Heavy equipment mechanics

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