Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138489.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by falling excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 138489.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 08/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1549316.015	08/24/2021		237310	American Civil Constructors Llc

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee was working in a 7.5-foot deep trench installing a 24-inch water pipe. The employee was waiting for a Peterson Products 24-inch pipe plug to be lowered into position. The employee was standing in a 7.5-foot deep trench while the coworker was operating a John Deere 350G excavator (Product Identification Number 1FF350GXELF814286) with a JRB PowerLatch coupler and a Paladin 54 inch excavator bucket. The coworker was using the excavator and bucket to lower a Peterson Products 24-inch pipe plug to the employee. As the coworker swung the excavator around, the bucket detached from the coupler. The employee was caught under the bucket. The employee was crushed and killed by the falling excavator bucket.

Keywords: Bucket , Caught Between, Crushed, Excavator, Falling Object, Installing, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1549316.015	25	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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