Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 952689 - Employee killed when thrown from a grader

Accident Summary Nr: 952689 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 08/28/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306816059	09/09/2003	1611	237310	John Lake Paving Co Inc.

Abstract: On September 9, 2003, Employee #1 was operating an Allis Chalmers motor grader up a steep road. It is assumed that the grader started drifting backwards out of control. The grader ran off the road and threw him away before flipping over. He suffered a trauma to his chest and later died from those injuries.

Keywords: CHEST, GRADER, ROLL-OVER, STRUCK AGAINST, STEEP GRADE, SLOPE, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306816059			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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