Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202444634 - Tractor Runs over Worker Who Sustains Multiple Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 202444634 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/14/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307461400	10/04/2006	1611	237310	Hillcrest Contracting

Abstract: At approximately 7:33 a.m. on September 14, 2006, a "blade operator," working for Hillcrest Contracting, Inc., was at a residential construction project in Lake Elsinore, California. The "blade operator" was taking a "Material Ticket" from a dump truck operator who was slowly driving by. The "blade operator" slipped and fell head first, and his head and upper torso were run over by the tractor's drive wheels. Paramedics took the employee to the Inland Valley Regional Medical Center, in Wildomar, California. He was then transferred to the Loma Linda University Medical Center. The employee was hospitalized, in critical condition with multiple facial fractures, a fractured upper arm, and a punctured lung.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, LUNG, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, FALL, TRACTOR, RUN OVER, PUNCTURE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307461400			Hospitalized injury	Other	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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