Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200542116 - Employee Is Killed In Skid Steer Backover
Accident: 200542116 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 05/23/2011 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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315559328 | 05/23/2011 | 1611 | A. Merante Contracting, Inc. | ||||
On May 23, 2011, Employee #1 was working as a laborer on a construction site, and his assignment was to use a shovel to smooth out stones along the edge of a grade that was being prepared for concrete. Coworker #2 was operating a New Holland skid steer and was traveling in reverse with the bucket in a lowered position in order to smooth out the grade. Employee #1 was bent over and was standing in the path of the skid steer. Coworker #2 did not see Employee #1 behind the skid steer and backed over his right leg and torso. Employee #1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
back-up alarm, torso, crushed, backing up, leg
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | $250,000 to $500,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 315559328 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site grading and rock removal FatCause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons |