Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201159548 - Employee Is Injured When Scraper Jumps Embankment

Accident Summary Nr: 201159548 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/02/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307453639	06/25/2004	1794	238910	Sukut Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on June 2, 2004, an employee was operating a scraper, Caterpillar Model Number 651B, Serial Number 51-07, down a steep hill and lost control of the scraper. The employee failed to make a right turn and instead hit an embankment. The scraper jumped over the embankment and fell into a pond. The accident caused a severe laceration on the employee's left ear, fractured ribs, caused back injury and collapsed lungs. Two surgeries were performed on his spinal cord and he was hospitalized for four weeks.

Keywords: LUNG, SCRAPER, ROPE, STRUCK AGAINST, EAR, BACK, LACERATION, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307453639			Hospitalized injury	Other	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Other

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