Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 677229 - Employee crushed and killed by overturned front end loader

Accident Summary Nr: 677229 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 05/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103234522	05/20/1997	1629	0	M.J. Coates Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a truck loader without wearing a seat belt. When the loader rolled over a coworker was thrown from the seat and Employee #1 was crushed to death between the left side of the loader framework and the ground.

Keywords: EJECTED, FRONT END LOADER, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, ELDERLY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	103234522			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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