Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632809 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 201632809 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 07/15/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305556573	07/17/2002	1794	0	Bones Construction Company Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working with a construction crew placing base rock on a road project. He instructed the bulldozer operator to perform a backdrag on a section of road. As the operator started to backdrag, Employee #1 went behind the dozer approximately 25 feet and began shooting a grade. The dozer, while backing up, caught Employee #1's right foot under the tread and fractured his leg. He was hospitalized with his injury.

Keywords: SURVEYOR, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, BACKING UP, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305556573			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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