Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110239.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when struck by excavator b

Accident Summary Nr: 110239.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/01/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1336412.015	08/07/2018		238320	Southern Contracting Co

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on August 1, 2018, an employee was working with two coworkers to excavate a trench using an excavator (Caterpillar 305E CR) with a twelve inch excavator bucket along with a rotary hammer, a jack hammer and shovels to lay communication cables. At some point, coworker #1, operating the excavator, shut off the excavator to go talk with the foreman. Meanwhile, the employee, who also acted as coworker #1's spotter, entered the deepest part of the trench (ten feet long by two feet wide and four feet, eight inches deep) to hand dig under the two foot wall that sat at grade above him. Coworker #2 was in another section using a jackhammer to loosen soil and was faced away from the employee. Coworker #1 returned to the excavator and started it up and began to dig in the same spot in the trench where the employee was working. The excavator bucket struck the employee, who was hospitalized for crushing injuries that include: fractures to lumbar vertebra with spinal cord injury, fractures to left arm and leg, fractured ribs, acute head trauma, and multiple contusions.

Keywords: Back, Bucket , Contusion, Crushing, Excavation, Excavator, Fracture, Head, Jackhammer, Rib, Rotary Hammer, Shovel, Spine, Struck By, Traumatic, Trench, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair			0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1336412.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Spotter	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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