Accident: 119952695 - Injured In Collision Of Scraper And Grader

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 23, 2000, Employee #1, a heavy equipment operator, was working at Badlands Sanitary Landfill. The scraper he was operating collided head-on with a motor grader, and he suffered serious neck and back strain injuries. Paramedics responded to the scene, and Employee #1 was air-lifted to the Riverside County Regional Medical Facility, where he was evaluated, treated, and hospitalized for more than 24 hours. After recuperation, Employee #1 returned to work on March 29, 2000, with no restrictions.

neck, back, motor vehicle, scraper, collision, landfill, earthmoving equip, equipment operator, grader, sprain

Accident: 1003664 - Injured When Run Over By Grader

Employee #1 was run over by a grader. He sustained injuries that required injuries.

construction, run over, grader, struck by, earthmoving equip, vehicle, motor vehicle

Accident: 170132393 - Killed When Run Over By Grader

On June 2, 1998, Employee #1, a grader operator, was smoothing a new road into a residential subdivision. He heard a noise coming from the rear of the grader, so he stopped, got out, and listened. Unable to completely hear the noise, he leaned into the cab and pushed the accelerator pedal with his hand. Apparently he also hit the hydrostatic pedal, which put the vehicle in forward drive. Employee #1 was run over; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

construction, grader, vehicle in gear, unmanned, work rules, run over, motor vehicle, earthmoving equip

Accident: 170608608 - Injured When Run Over By Backing Grader

On 11:15 a.m. on October 20, 1998, Employee #1, a laborer, was working for a contractor engaged in levee repair work on the San Joaquin River. He was directing trucks that were dumping clay in a small, 3,000 ft long by 200 ft wide bowl area for spreading and compaction when he was run over by a backing Cat 140G motor grader. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures and was admitted to Memorial Hospital in Modesto, CA.

construction, grader, flagman, backing up, earthmoving equip, run over, signalman, fracture

Accident: 201750239 - Killed When Struck By Scraper

Employee #1 was struck and killed by a Caterpillar 631 scraper.

construction, earthmoving equip, struck by, motor vehicle, vehicle, road grader, scraper

Accident: 170758288 - Killed In Fall From Road Grader

Employee #1 was using a scraper to grade a roadway during construction of a subdivision. He fell off the scraper while making a short-cut and was killed.

scraper, road grader, construction, fall, driver, earthmoving equip, equipment approval, scraper

Accident: 170354492 - Killed When Run Over By Grader

Employee #1 was killed when he was rolled over by a motor grader.

construction, vehicle, grader, run over, earthmoving equip

Accident: 200330033 - Killed When Run Over By Grader

Employee #1 was employed as a grade stake foreman on highway construction projects. He asked the blade operator to make one or two passes on some sloping ground on a highway right-of-way. Employee #1 wanted the ground smoothed out somewhat to make it easier for the scraper machines to work the slope. The blade operator stated that the slope was "fairly steep and had hard clumps of dirt everywhere." After giving the instructions, Employee #1 walked to the top of the slope and was standing on a ridge at the top. The blade operator made his first forward pass in a southerly direction and then began to back up in a northerly direction to make another pass. As he started to move, he looked over his right shoulder and saw Employee #1 still standing on the ridge at the top of the slope. The blade continued backing up for approximately 75 to 80 ft. He had just stopped when a coworker ran up and told him that he had backed over Employee #1. The coworker had seen Employee #1 lose his footing as he was walking in a northerly direction on the ridge and begin to roll down the slope directly into the path of the blade. The right rear wheels of the blade passed over his head and shoulders. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

construction, grader, backing up, slope, lost balance, fall, earthmoving equip, crushed, run over, steep grade