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Accident Summary Nr: 114919.015 - Employee is struck by falling excavator buck in trench and r

Accident Summary Nr: 114919.015 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 02/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1384691.015	03/20/2019		236115	Milford Housing Development Corporation

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on February 15, 2019, an employee worked to grade a trench floor with dirt and gravel. At some point, the operator of an excavator (John Deere 350D) moved to place the boom over the trench box the employee stood in while in the trench. For an unspecified reason, the excavator bucket detached, fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat a leg fracture.

Keywords: Boom, Bucket , Excavation, Excavator, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Struck Against, Struck By, Trench, Trench Box

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1384691.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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