Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 900571 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Pipe Layer and Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 900571 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 05/15/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309868453	05/15/2006	1623	237120	Sunland Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, working for Sunland Construction, was operating a side boom pipe layer. He set the brakes and stepped around to the rear of the machine to unhook the winch cable, when it began to roll toward him. He was crushed between the winch of the side boom pipe layer and the rear of a pickup truck. He was killed.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PIPE, PICKUP TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309868453			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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