Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 169117.015 - Employee dies of head trauma when skid steer overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 169117.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 07/21/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1767818.015	08/01/2024		237310	Ideker, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:45 a.m. on July 21, 2024, an employee working for a highway construction contractor was driving a skid steer on a roadway. The skid steer veered off the side of the road and overturned. The employee died from head trauma when the employee struck his head against the skid steer wall.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Construction vehicle, Driver, Driving, Equipment Operator, Head, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Overturn, Road, Rolled, Skid Steer loader, Struck Against

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1767818.015	60	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause:

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