Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200553758 - Employee Is Injured and Dies Later in Bulldozer Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 200553758 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 02/26/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307601278	03/17/2005	1522	236116	Lakeshore Estates Builders, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on February 26, 2005, an employee was operating a bulldozer and drove the equipment into a pit approximately 12 feet deep. The employee was not wearing the seat belt provided on the equipment and was ejected from his seat, when the dozer hit the bottom of the pit. The employee struck his head on the overhead steel canopy of the dozer and died three weeks later as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, STRUCK AGAINST, SEAT BELT, PIT, BULLDOZER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307601278			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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