Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 880823 - Employee killed in fall from excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 880823 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 06/03/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113321574	06/07/1991	1623	0	Dakota Underground Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was checking the radiator fluid level on a Caterpillar excavator. As he opened the radiator cap, hot fluid shot upward, striking his body. As he recoiled away from the hot fluid, his feet slipped on the wet surface and he fell 10 ft off the machine. His head struck against a sewer pipe and hard lumps of soil. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113321574			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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