Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121447.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries after struck by bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 121447.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443140.015	10/30/2019		237110	Allard Excavation, Llc

Abstract: At 2:40 a.m. on November 4, 2019, an employee working as a pipelayer was working with a crew excavating to install a manhole structure. The crew had layed approximately 120 feet of storm drainage pipe. A coworker was operating a CAT 336E hydraulic excavator when he moved the machine away from the excavation to allow for a passing rough terrain forklift adjacent the excavation area. While the coworker was talking with the employee at the tracks, they noticed the bucket swinging toward the cab. The bucket fell off the quick coupler and struck the employee pushing him against the tracks of the excavator. The employee was hospitalized for approximately three days to treat fractures to the back and ribs and damage to internal organs.

Keywords: Abdomen, Abrasion, Bucket , Chest, Contusion, Couplings, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Drain Pipe, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Excavator, Falling Object, Fracture, Hydraulic Equipment, Installing, Internal Injuries, Laceration, Manhole, Material Handling, Pipelayer, Rib, Shoulder Bone, Struck Against, Struck By, Tracks

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1443140.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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