Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111439.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when pinned between excava

Accident Summary Nr: 111439.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1363347.015	11/28/2018		237990	Iowa Trenchless Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on November 20, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a heavy construction company, were working at a multi-employer road construction project. Employee #1 was chaining down 48-inch pipe that had been loaded onto a flat bed trailer by his coworker, who was operating a Komatsu 400 excavator. Employee #1 became pinned between the excavator and the trailer. He was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for upper body injuries.

Keywords: Caught Between, Construction, Crushing, Excavator, Flatbed Truck, Loading, Material Handling, Pinned, Pipe, Torso, Trailer Truck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1363347.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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