Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 3830.015 - Employee is crushed and killed by skidsteer

Accident Summary Nr: 3830.015 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 07/28/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107581.015	07/29/2011		237210	Leadership Circle Llc

Abstract: At 3:45 p.m. on July 28, 2011, Employee #1 was operating a Case skid loader to back fill basement walls. Employee #2 was operating a Tamper/Compactor adjacent to the basement walls; he was tamping the back fill dirt as it was dumped from the loader. The loader operator was maneuvering in position to dump a load of dirt next to the basement wall. The operator had the loaded bucket elevated as he approached the excavation across unlevel terrain when the loader tipped forward. The bucket of the loader pinned Employee #2 who was operating the tamper against the basement wall. Employee #2 was crushed in the abdominal area and killed.

Keywords: Crushing, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Residential Construction, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	107581.015	19	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause:

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