Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201573037 - Employee Is Run over and Killed by Road Grader

Accident Summary Nr: 201573037 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 03/01/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309002970	03/01/2006	1611	237310	Winslow Construction Company

Abstract: A road grader was making final cuts on compacted soil to finish grading a road. Employee #1 was siting the grade measurements 12 or more times every 25 feet. The road grader paused and Employee #1 walked behind the machine and knelt down to site the grade. The road grader then backed up and ran over the employee. He was killed. Further investigation revealed that the road grader's backup alarm was not working.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, SURVEYOR, CONSTRUCTION, ROAD GRADER, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309002970			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 of non-operator by operating cons

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