Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137916.015 - Employee is crushed and killed while walking between truck a

Accident Summary Nr: 137916.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 06/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1535963.015	06/12/2021		237310	Maryland Department Of Transportation

Abstract: At 11:35 a.m. on June 12, 2021, an employee operated a tractor-trailer with a flatbed trailer that was in the process of being loaded with jersey barriers. An excavator (Gradall Model XL3100 Hydraulic Excavator) was used to load the barriers onto the flatbed. Once all of the barriers were loaded, the employee exited the tractor-trailer and walked between the trailer and the excavator, which were approximately three feet, eight inches apart, when the excavator operator began to rotate the excavator, which pinned the employee between the excavator and the trailer. The employee was killed by crushing injuries.

Keywords: Caught Between, Crushed, Crushing, Excavator, Flatbed Truck, Loading, Pinned, Tractor Trailer, Trailer

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1535963.015	54	M	Fatality		Truck Driver: Heavy/Tractor-Trailer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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