Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201751740 - Employee Is Killed When Compactor Rolls Over

Accident Summary Nr: 201751740 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 04/15/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310596622	04/15/2008	1794	238910	Meeske Custom Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on April 15, 2008, an employee was compacting site fill in preparation for construction of an office building with Caterpillar Model Number CP-433C compactor. The compactor rolled over after he drove onto a sloped area that was approximately 3 feet to the bottom and had a slope that was approximately 40 degrees. The employee sustained crushing head injuries from the roll-over protective structure on the compactor. The employee died at the scene of the accident. The safety belt was not fastened when emergency responders arrived at the scene. The incident occurred at the Patriot Park project in the Building Number 7 area.

Keywords: HEAD, MACHINE OPERATOR, ROPS, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310596622			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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