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Accident Summary Nr: 201780939 - Employee Is Killed When Ejected from Cab of Road Grader

Accident Summary Nr: 201780939 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 05/15/2006
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31013699907/18/20061794238910Combat Support Training Center Ft Hunter Liggett

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Caterpillar road grader, clearing a fire break on a mountain road, when the grader slid backward down a slope and hit the bottom of a gulch. The employee was ejected through the rear of the cab and was killed.

Keywords: EJECTED, EMBANKMENT, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROAD GRADER, CONCUSSION, LOST CONTROL
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Highway, road, street Maintenance or repair Under $50,000 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 310136999 Fatality Concussion Excavating and loading machine operators Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Site grading and rock removal
Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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