Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 900647 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Bulldozer Tracks

Accident Summary Nr: 900647 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 08/30/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309325504	08/30/2005	1629	237110	Fru-Con Construction Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 11:40 a.m. on August 30, 2005, Employee #1 was standing on the tracks of a Case 850 Bulldozer, looking at the engine and throttle, when the machine began to move backward. He was unable to grab onto something to pull himself back inside the cab and was crushed beneath the tracks and killed. A can of WD-40 was found in close proximity to the employee.

Keywords: REPAIR, MACHINE OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINE, CRUSHED, BULLDOZER, RUN OVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	6	70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309325504			Fatality	Other	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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