Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202340725 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By An Excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 202340725 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 02/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308577063	02/25/2005	1794	238910	Mega Construction Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was setting up equipment in back of the Caterpillar excavator when the operator moved the excavator back. The operator did not see Employee #1, and struck and killed him.

Keywords: obstructed view, excavator, struck by, backing up, inattention

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	4	45	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308577063			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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