Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201154408 - Employee Killed When Motor Grader Rolled Over

Accident Summary Nr: 201154408 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/20/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119947935	03/20/2001	1622	0	E.L. Yeager Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on March 20, 2001, Employee #1, a equipment operator for E. L. Yeager Construction Company, Incorporated was operating a Caterpillar 14H motor grader at a freeway construction project. The right front wheel of the motor grader rolled over on Employee #1. He sustained crush injuries to his upper torso and was killed.

Keywords: WHEEL, GRADER, ROLL-OVER, TORSO, CRUSHED

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119947935			Fatality	Other	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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