Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112146.015 - Employee is pinned against trench wall by excavator bucket a

Accident Summary Nr: 112146.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 12/17/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1366688.015	12/17/2018		237110	Archer Western Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on December 17, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker were hand shoveling mud and muck into the bucket of an excavator. The operator of the excavator would then lift the bucket out of the trench to empty it under the direction of the foreman. The operator of the excavator was walking off site to take his lunch break. The foreman asked the operator if he could move the bucket back some. The operator got back into the excavator and began to operate the excavator. When the operator moved the bucket, it pinned the employee who was down in the trench against the side wall of the trench. The employee suffered internal injuries to his abdomen and was killed.

Keywords: Abdomen, Excavator, Pinned, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Maintenance or repair				17	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1366688.015	36	M	Fatality		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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