Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202472270 - Employee killed when crushed by ROPS of overturned loader

Accident Summary Nr: 202472270 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311551501	11/13/2007	1629	238910	Valleycrest Landscape Development, Inc.

Abstract: On November 12, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were moving two palm trees from a holding area to a planting area at the edge of a small lake in a new residential golf club community. The coworker was using a TCM loader to transport thew two palsm, Employee #1 was walking alongside it. The loader was driving on a slight slope of approximately 13 degrees, beside a paved cart path. When the loader neared the planting area, the coworker turned it to the left, coming down off the slight slope to cross the paved cart path. As the loader turned to the left, the palm trees also swung to the left, causing the loader to overturn onto Employee #1. He became caught under the ROPS support and died of crushing injuries to his his chest and abdomen.

Keywords: CHEST, ABDOMEN, UNSECURED, LOAD SHIFT, ROPS, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, LOADER, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311551501			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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