Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 137871.015 - Employee Is Crushed And Killed When Excavator Falls Into Exc

**Accident: 137871.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 08/05/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1546172.015	08/05/2021		Donald A. Asselin

At 11:27 a.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee worked in an excavation to pack dow n soil while a coworker operated an excavator at the edge of the excavation. At some point, the soil under the excavator collapsed and the excavator fell into t he excavation onto the employee. The employee received crushing injuries to the abdomen and pelvis and was killed.

Keywords: abdomen, collapse, crushed, excavation, excavator, falling object, operating, pelvis, struck by, unstable soil

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition				3	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1546172.015	21	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause:

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