Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201501822 - Employee Killed When Construction Equipment Overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 201501822 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/10/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125628875	04/12/2000	1521	0	Zdx Industries Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a jobsite foreman, was seriously injured when a front-end loader that he was operating overturned on a steep slope and rolled over his legs, severely crushing them. Employee #1's legs were both amputated and he later died from complications due to his injures.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FRONT END LOADER, ROLL-OVER, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125628875			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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