Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 928101 - Employee killed when crushed by falling bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 928101 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 11/28/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116441569	11/29/1995	1794	0	Buddy Jones Excavating Company Inc.,

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on November 28, 1995, Employee #1 was backing a D5 Caterpillar dozer up metal loading ramps to a lowboy. The dozer's tracks did not line up with the loading ramps and it fell off as it was transferred to the bed of a lowboy. As the dozer fell to the ground, the ROPS caught Employee #1 at the middle of his back, crushing his mid-section and upper chest on the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: CHEST, RAMP, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, CRUSHED, BULLDOZER, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116441569			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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