Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132487.015 - Employee, pinned between equipment, sustains crushing injuri

Accident Summary Nr: 132487.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 01/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1510462.015	01/15/2021		237310	American West Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on January 14, 2021, Employee #1 and three coworkers were engaged in a training session on how to attach a disc blade assembly (dirt tiller) to a John Deere tractor. This was occurring during site preparation work for a multifamily residential structure. During the demonstration, while Employee #1 was standing in the pinch point of the tractor and the excavator, he directed a coworker operating the tractor to begin backing up. The equipment operator let off the clutch too quickly, the tractor jumped back, and Employee #1 was pushed back and pinned between the tractor and the excavator. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted to treat a collapsed lung, a fractured shoulder and multiple ribs, and a fractured skull with brain swelling.

Keywords: Backing Up, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Caught Between, Collapsed lung, Construction, Crushed, Crushing, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Fracture, Highway Shoulder, Loader Bucket, Pinched, Pinned, Rib, Skull, Tractor, Training

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1510462.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause:

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