Accident Report Detail
Accident: 952663 - Employee Dies When Crushed By Overturned Tractor
Accident: 952663 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 08/27/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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306660101 | 08/28/2003 | 1771 | Pito'S Construction Inc. | ||||
On August 27, 2003, Employee #1 was operating a backhoe on a hill above Interstate Highway I-81, west of the southbound lanes. Employee #1 turned his seat around to operate the outrigger controls. The backhoe began to drift off without Employee #1's ability to stop it. The backhoe ran into a creek ejecting Employee #1 and then fell over onto him. Employee #1 died later of his injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
ejected, fracture, outrigger, construction, backhoe
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 306660101 | Fatality | Fracture | Excavating and loading machine operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating |