Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127939.015 - Employee is pinned to bridge guardrail and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 127939.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 07/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1484534.015	07/21/2020		237310	Gregori Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 7:40 a.m. on July 20, 2020, Employee #1 was working as part of a group of three employees to clean an area south of a bridge. A coworker was operating an excavator (Komatsu model PC170LS-10) to pick up a fallen tree limb. At some point, Employee #1 walked within the swing radius of the excavator between the excavator and bridge guardrail as the coworker began to turn the excavator to pick up the limb. The excavator counterweight pinned Employee #1 to the bridge guardrail and caused crushing, blunt force trauma injuries to Employee #1's lower torso and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bridge, Counterbalance, Crushing, Excavator, Guardrail, Pinned, Torso, Tree Limb

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair			0		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1484534.015	26	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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