Fatality Narrative: Excavator Operator Killed When Excavator Rolls On Its Side

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On August 17, 2007, a heavy equipment operator died when an excavator rolled on to its side. The 48-year-old victim had worked for his employer, a new single-family housing construction contractor, for five months and had about 25 years experience as a heavy equipment operator. He was operating an excavator to dig a foundation for a single-family residence at a development located on hilly terrain. As he was exiting the excavation by backing the excavator over the lip of the excavation, it rolled on to its top and then came to rest on its side. Emergency help was called but the victim was declared dead at the scene of multiple internal injuries and blunt impact to the head. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction workers
  • Fatalities
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Safety
  • Safety equipment
  • Education
  • Training
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051685
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-79-2009, 2009 Feb; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: excavator operator killed when excavator rolls on its side
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228794/cdc_228794_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 52.88 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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