Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123779.015 - Employee is killed when skid steer bucket detaches and falls

Accident Summary Nr: 123779.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 02/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1461284.015	02/06/2020		238990	Kenneth Hinnant

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on February 6, 2020, an employee was working with a coworker to install new wooden fence posts (seven feet tall by four inches diameter) using a skid steer (Model Number C232 with low profile extended bucket attachment). The employee was holding up a post while the coworker operated the skid steer with the bucket full of soil (total weight with soil approximately 1,900 pounds) to drive the post into the ground. As the coworker pushed down with the skid steer bucket, the bucket separated from the control arm and struck the employee and pinned him to the ground. The employee received a skull fracture and was killed.

Keywords: Bucket , Construction vehicle, Falling Object, Fracture, Pinned, Press, Skull, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1461284.015	41	M	Fatality		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause:

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