Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201750270 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED INSIDE OF SCRAPER

Accident Summary Nr: 201750270 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 12/13/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301299525	12/15/1997	1794	0	Dynamic Development, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were directed to perform maintenance on a large piece of construction equipment, a Caterpillar 623F Elevating Wheel Scraper. Employee #1 was directed to flip the teeth on the can of the scraper to reduce wear on the machine, while Employee #2 was directed to remove snow and ice from behind the ejector wall, in front of the fuel tank. When Employee #1 completed his task of flipping the teeth, he went directly to the cab of the equipment and activated the ejector causing it to move to the rear of the can, thus pinning and killing Employee #2 between the rear of the ejector wall and the fuel tank.

Keywords: SCRAPER, WALL, PINNED, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301299525			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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