Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201992534 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Heavy Equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 201992534 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/13/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310282280	07/19/2006	1629	237990	Kelly'S Railroad Services, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to change the bucket attachment on the Caterpillar, 966E, front-end loader. The loader operator had released the fork attachment and hooked the top groves of the general purpose bucket on the carriage. The operator then lifted the bucket up approximately 10 ft into the air to a point where he could see to line up the lower locking pins. Employee #1 then walked under the bucket. One witness thought that Employee #1 was trying to see if the locking pins were lined up on the lower portion of the bucket and carriage. At this time the operator was trying to position the bucket to line up the pins. The operator stated that to do this he raised and lowered the main rams while rolling the bucket in both directions. While the operator was lowering the bucket he noticed Employee #1was under it and tried to raise the bucket. The operator stated that somehow the bucket still lowered and at one point fell onto Employee #1 crushing and killing him.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310282280			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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