Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201620523 - Employee killed when knocked around inside of crawler

Accident Summary Nr: 201620523 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 09/13/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303918874	09/14/2000	1794	0	Charlie Yates Ranching Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, operating a Case 1150C crawler tractor was spreading rock on a logging road rehab project. Slopes were flat to moderate, less than ten degrees, in the area of operation. A driver to the scene noted the absence of the tractor and track marks going over the edge of the road and down through a logged off area approximately 800 ft over slopes exceeding sixty degrees. He went down to the tractor and found Employee #1 unconscious and severely injured from knocking around inside the ROPS. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: CRAWLER CRANE, STRUCK AGAINST, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRACTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303918874			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Other

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