Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201682176 - Employee Drowns after Dozer Slips Into Water

Accident Summary Nr: 201682176 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 08/17/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314287798	08/17/2011	1629	237990	West Construction Co Inc

Abstract: On August 17, 2011, Employee #1 was operating a D-9 dozer, stock piling gravel on the edge of a slope which was above sheet piling cells at the port. The cells were full of water, 20 feet wide, 75 feet long, and about 20 feet deep at the sea wall end. The dozer slid down the slope and into the water with the very top of the roll over bar sticking out of the water. Apparently, the employee climbed onto the ripper assembly attached to the rear of the dozer and jumped into the water. The employee's feet became trapped in soft running material, and he drowned.

Keywords: BULLDOZER, DROWN, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314287798			Fatality	Asphyxia	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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