Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 517284 - Employee crushed to death by runaway grader

Accident Summary Nr: 517284 -- Report ID: 0931800 -- Event Date: 09/16/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106975279	09/16/1988	1629	0	Maggiora & Ghilotti, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were securing materials in a catch basin trench at the foot of a 100 yard, 40 degree slope. A worker at the top of the slope left an unattended G-14 Caterpillar grader without setting the parking brake or fully lowering the blade. The grader descended the slope. The two coworkers got out of the grader's path, but Employee #1 was crushed and killed beneath the grader.

Keywords: GRADER, BRAKE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, UNMANNED, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106975279			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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