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Accident: 170132393 - Employee Killed When Run Over By Grader

Accident: 170132393 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 06/02/1998
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12374683606/02/19981611Whitney Construction Inc
On June 2, 1998, Employee #1, a grader operator, was smoothing a new road into a residential subdivision. He heard a noise coming from the rear of the grader, so he stopped, got out, and listened. Unable to completely hear the noise, he leaned into the cab and pushed the accelerator pedal with his hand. Apparently he also hit the hydrostatic pedal, which put the vehicle in forward drive. Employee #1 was run over; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Keywords: grader, vehicle in gear, work rules, construction, earthmoving equip, unmanned, run over, motor vehicle
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Highway, road, street New project or new addition $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 123746836 Fatality Other Supervisors, motor vehicle operators FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Site grading and rock removal
FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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