Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201881240 - Employee killed when run over by backing excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 201881240 -- Report ID: 0253630 -- Event Date: 10/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306915851	11/08/2007	1611	237310	Cattaraugus Co Highway Dept Fatality 2007

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on October 31, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a seasonal laborer/flagger on a ditch clearing job in New Albion, NY. A coworker was operating a Link Belt 130LX excavator. He was reversing travel directions to rework a section of the ditch when the Employee #1 became caught under the excavator. He was run over and killed. Employee #1 was in the path of the excavator because, for unknown reasons, he had moved from a position on the opposite shoulder of the road.

Keywords: SIGNALMAN, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, FLAGMAN, EXCAVATOR, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306915851			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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