Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125314.015 - Employee is killed when caught in trenching machine

Accident Summary Nr: 125314.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 04/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1472212.015	04/10/2020		237120	Jomax Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on April 9, 2020, Employee #1 and a Coworker, employed by a construction company, were engaged in digging a trench for a pipeline. Employee #1 was standing on the conveyor of a shut down Wolfe Man 8000 Trencher and was cleaning dirt from the machine. The coworker, who was the machine operator, caught his shirt on the machine's power lever. The coworker moved and inadvertently pulled the lever to the on position. The wheel of the trencher began to rotate, and Employee #1 was pulled into the wheel and crushed. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Caught In, Cleaning, Construction, Conveyor, Crushed, Crushing, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Pipeline, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Trench Digger

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1472212.015	51	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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