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Accident: 142964.015 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By Excavator Bucket
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1573294.015 | 01/19/2022 | Panhandle Grading & Paving, Inc |
At 10:30 a.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee disconnected a chain hook from a concrete storm drainage pipe that was lowered into a dump truck bed by a coworke r operating an excavator to move the pipe. The employee was in the rear inside p ortion of the bed as the coworker leaned out of the cab to attempt to get a bett er view of the employee. The operator had the engine at idle and contacted a con trol lever that caused the excavator bucket to move and pin the employee between the dump truck bed and the bucket. The employee was crushed and was killed by t he internal injuries received.
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway, road, street | Other | X | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1573294.015 | 30 | M | Fatality | Pipelayer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: |