Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202075800 - Employee dies in collision

Accident Summary Nr: 202075800 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 06/09/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307959627	06/09/2004	1611	237310	Mcwhirter Grading Co.

Abstract: On June 9, 2004, Employee #1 was driving an empty pan scraper, heading southbound on the left side of a 46-foot-wide haul road. He was traveling approximately 35 to 40 mph. As a motor grader was traveling northbound along the same road as Employee #1 at about 5 mph, Employee #1 veered and struck the motor grader. The motor grader operator managed to stop his vehicle, which suffered considerable damage, before impact and he was not injured. Employee #1 impacted the steering wheel of his vehicle near his mid-section and died.

Keywords: CHEST, GRADER, CONSTRUCTION, COLLISION, BULLDOZER, MOTOR VEHICLE, STEERING WHEEL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		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	307959627			Fatality	Other	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Other

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