Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201680360 - Employee killed in avalanche

Accident Summary Nr: 201680360 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 02/01/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301270112	02/02/2000	4011	0	Alaska Arr

Abstract: Employee # was removing avalanche debris from a highway, using a D6 CAT bulldozer, when a post control release avalanche occurred. Employee #1 and the bulldozer were carried several hundred feet out into the Turnagain Arm inlet. The D6 CAT was left resting on its side and Employee #1 was buried. Only his hand was visible above the snow. He was killed.

Keywords: AVALANCHE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, BURIED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	301270112			Fatality	Fracture

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