Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201283082 - Employee Is Killed in Skid Steer Crash

Accident Summary Nr: 201283082 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 09/27/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312524036	01/08/2009	1741	238140	Premium Retaining Walls, Llc

Abstract: On September 27, 2008, Employee #1, working for a retaining wall company, was operating a Vermeer S600TX skid steer loader. He was driving backwards on a 16 degree slope driveway, crossed the driveway and struck a tree. He was crushed between the machine and the tree, and died.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TREE, SKIDDER, MOTOR VEHICLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312524036			Fatality	Other	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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