Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 595934 - Employee killed when crushed by earthmoving equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 595934 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 08/17/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106220742	08/18/1995	1629	0	Middle Georgia Road Builders And Developers, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:50 p.m. on August 17, 1995, Employee #1 was traveling west on a winding dirt roadway in an empty Caterpillar elevator pan scraper, model 623F, to a borrow pit. It was a hot and sunny day with temperatures approximately 106 degrees F. The scraper veered off the roadway and tipped over. Employee #1 was thrown out of the cab and struck by the top corner of the cab. He suffered a laceration to the groin and died in the emergency room of the hospital minutes after arriving. The scraper was equipped with lap seat belts that Employee #1 was not using.

Keywords: SCRAPER, PENIS, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, LACERATION, SEAT BELT, LOST CONTROL, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106220742			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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