Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200553758 - Employee Is Injured And Dies Later In Bulldozer Accident
Accident: 200553758 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 02/26/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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307601278 | 03/17/2005 | 1522 | Lakeshore Estates Builders, Inc | ||||
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
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 307601278 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:15 Cause: Excavation FatCause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment) |