Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201331287 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Locomotive

Accident Summary Nr: 201331287 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 04/11/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315441402	04/11/2011	1622	237990	Southland Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a locomotive operator, was moving muck buckets and equipment to the head section of a tunnel. When the operator reached the end of the tunnel, the locomotive failed to stop and Employee #1 was crushed between the locomotive and the conveyor on the tunnel boring machine. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: TUNNEL, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, LOCOMOTIVE, CONVEYOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		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	315441402			Fatality	Other	Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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