Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201700887 - Employee Killed By Fall Off Asphalt Grinder
Accident: 201700887 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 07/21/2000 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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303308563 | 07/26/2000 | 1611 | Goodfellow Brothers Inc | ||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
303308571 | 07/28/2000 | 1611 | Klamath Pacific Corporation | ||||
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on July 21, 2000, Employee #1, of Klamath Pacific Corporation, was on the operator's platform of an asphalt grinding machine when he needed to insert a hose into the the water tank on top of the grinder. He stepped from the platform onto a 4-in. beam that supported the grinding drum, and apparently slipped from the beam. Employee #1 fell backward and struck the back of his head and shoulder on the pavement 7 ft. Employee #1 was transported to Lake District Hospital in Lakeview, OR and then airflighted to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, OR. He died 4 days later, killed by the fall. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, guardrail, slip, struck against, construction, fall, elevated work plat, asphalt
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 7 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 303308563 | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: |
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2 | 303308571 | Fatality | Fracture | Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators | FallDist: FallHt:7 Cause: Cutting concrete pavement FatCause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment) |