Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201381035 - Employee killed when backed over by excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 201381035 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 01/17/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311051163	01/17/2008	1611	237310	J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:58 a.m. on January 17, 2008, Employee #1, of J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc., was at the site of a street excavation being dug to replace a water pipe. He was walking around a CAT 325C LCR excavator to get a tool when the tracked excavator backed up and ran over him. Employee #1 was killed. A coworker witnessed the incident and alerted the operator. A Hillsdale Police Officer was already on scene for traffic control and notified Hillsdale Police Dispatch of the incident.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, SIGNALMAN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		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	311051163			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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