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Accident: 128522.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Excavator Bucket
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1487677.015 | 08/11/2020 | Bh, Inc |
At 9:40 a.m. on August 11, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a const ruction company, were working on a pipeline construction project. Employee #1, a pipefitter, was in a trench and standing on the bell of a pipe. He was within the operating radius of an excavator operated by the coworker. The coworker, w ho was filling the trench with gravel to level its surface, extended the excavat or bucket outward. The bucket struck Employee #1, who was pinned between the bu cket and the spreader bar of the trench box. Employee #1 sustained crushing inj uries and was killed.
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caught between, construction, crushed, equipment operator, excavation, excavator, loader bucket, pinned, pipeline, struck by, trench, trench box
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipeline | New project or new addition | X | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1487677.015 | 33 | M | Fatality | Construction Laborer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause: |