Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 999110 - Employee killed by backing bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 999110 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 05/14/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126590611	05/15/1997	1794	0	D And G Excavating

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were constructing a driveway. One coworker was operating a bulldozer while Employee #1 was behind the bulldozer measuring the grade of the earth with a laser. The bulldozer backed over him. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126590611			Fatality	Other	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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