Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 522094 - Employee killed whencrushed by backing up grader

Accident Summary Nr: 522094 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/07/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100748730	04/08/1993	1611	0	Kirkland Construction

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on April 7, 1993, Employee #1 and a coworker were working on establishing the proper grade during a road fill operation. Employee #1 was using a hand-held optic grade checking device while the coworker was operating a 14 G Caterpillar road grader. Employee #1 bent over, placing his head close to the ground to sight an elevation marker located on the side of the new road. At the same time, the coworker backed up the road grader to make another pass over the road fill that had recently been placed there. As he backed up, he ran over and crushed Employee #1's head, killing him. The back-up alarm was inoperative.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, GRADER, HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, ROAD PAVING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100748730			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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