Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201343761 - Employee Is Killed by Falling Track Assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 201343761 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/18/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308638345	06/20/2005	1611	237310	N.R. Hamm Contractor, Inc.

Abstract: On June 17, 2005, Employee #1, a field mechanic, was repairing a dozer track after it came off the rear sprocket drive. The track was elevated. When Employee #1 was taking the track apart, the track assembly came down onto him. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Keywords: CHEST, MECHANIC, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, ABRASION, SPROCKET, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308638345			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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