Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202311130 - Employee Crushed By Tractor And Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 202311130 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303493324	05/12/2000	1629	0	Big Blue, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was driving an agricultural tractor in process of tilling soil for petroleum contamination cleanup. Employee #1 drove the agricultural tractor over the edge of a 9-ft-deep excavation and jumped as he was falling. The agricultural tractor rolled over on Employee #1 and the roll bar crushed him. Employee #1 was not wearing the seat belt that was on the agricultural tractor. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ROLL-OVER, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, MECH MAT HANDLING, TRACTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		$50,000 to $250,000	1	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303493324			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	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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