Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201408697 - Worker Is Killed When Run over by Backing Skid Steer

Accident Summary Nr: 201408697 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/05/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316140888	09/05/2013	1611	237310	Dan Hoe Excavating

Abstract: At approximately 3:20 p.m. on September 5, 2013, Employee #1, a 25-year-old male construction laborer with Dan Hoe Excavating, was verifying grade elevations for a work operation for the widening of an existing roadway. Employee #1 was working behind a skid steer loader when the skid steer loader backed over and crushed him. Employee #1 was killed in the event.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SKIDDER, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316140888			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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