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Accident Summary Nr: 511113 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY BACKING SCRAPER

Accident Summary Nr: 511113 -- Report ID: 0931600 -- Event Date: 04/09/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18085522	04/14/1987	1622	0	Pulice Construction, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18085530	04/14/1987	1791	0	J.D. Steel Company, Inc.

Abstract: AT ABOUT 8:55 AM ON APRIL 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WERE WALKING BACK TO THEIR CATERPILLAR MODEL 630B SCRAPERS TO RESUME WORK. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED A SHORT PLANNING MEETING WITH THE GRADE CHECKER AND OTHER OPERATORS IN THEIR WORKING GROUP. EMPLOYEE #1 STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIS SCRAPER, WHICH WAS PARKED 10 25 FEET BEHIND THE OTHER SCRAPER. THE OPERATOR OF THE SCRAPER IN FRONT DID NOT NOTICE THE OTHER SCRAPER PARKED BEHIND HIS MACHINE. HE MOUNTED HIS SCRAPER, LOOKED OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE AND BEGAN BACKING UP. HE STRUCK THE FRONT OF EMPLOYEE #1'S SCRAPER, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1'S CHEST AND ARMS BETWEEN THE TWO MACHINES AND KILLING HIM. THE BACK-UP ALARM ON THE OTHER EMPLOYEE'S SCRAPER WAS NOT OPERATIONAL.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, CHEST, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18085522			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	18085530					Occupation Not Listed

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