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Accident: 201942240 - Employee Is Crushed When Loader Rolls Over

Accident: 201942240 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 05/26/2006
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30945981605/27/20061629Royal Contracting Co Ltd
On May 26, 2006, Employee #1 was picking up rubbish at a road construction project. He had been operating a backhoe loader. He had not been properly trained in its operation nor was he a designated operator of the machine. He parked the loader on an inclined, dirt and rock median strip between two construction roads. He was killed when the loader rolled over and crushed him.
Keywords: highway, roll-over, machine operator, crushed, loader, untrained, backhoe
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Multi-family dwelling New project or new addition $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 309459816 Fatality Fracture Construction laborers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Site clearing and grubbing
FatCause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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