Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 842419 - Employee killed when crushed by backing scraper

Accident Summary Nr: 842419 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 08/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103528477	08/20/1990	1611	0	Se Johnson Company

Abstract: Employee #1 directed the scraper operator to cut 2 more inches of soil. After the cut was made, the operator proceeded to dump the load and backed up the John Deere scraper, serial #762001926T, company #4060001, to go around a pile of gravel. Employee #1 had either knelt or bent over to measure the grade; she was crushed to death by the scraper. The back-up alarm was not working and there was no observer or any type of communication between Employee #1 and the scraper operator to indicate that it was safe for him to back up.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, SCRAPER, SIGNALMAN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, COMMUNICATION, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103528477			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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