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Accident Summary Nr: 201271186 - Employee Crushed by Scraper Bowl

Accident Summary Nr: 201271186 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 04/10/2001
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30342955904/12/200116110Ellard Contracting Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:05 p.m. on April 10, 2001, Employee #1 and a coworker were checking the welds that had just been completed on the scrapper before the welder left the work site. Employee #1 was inspecting the welds that he made earlier. The coworker was in the operators cab running the controls for the ejector bowl while Employee #1 was under the scrapper between the ejector bowl and the rear axle. The coworker engaged the ejector, moving it to the rear of the scrapper, pinning Employee #1 between the ejector bowl and the rear axle. Employee #1's head was crushed against the rear axle, resulting in his death.

Keywords: SCRAPER, PINNED, WELDER, CRUSHED
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Manufacturing plant New project or new addition $500,000 to $1,000,000 1 1 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 303429559 Fatality Other Occupation not reported Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Excavation
Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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