Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152160.015 - One employee is killed, one is injured by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 152160.015 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 12/15/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1639394.015	12/15/2022		236116	Joy Construction Corporation

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on December 15, 2022, two employees were working with the operator of a Liugong CLG936E excavator to raise and lower a submersible pump from cylindrical pilings. The employees were standing under the excavator bucket that was elevated approximately 6 feet from the ground attaching the pump's hose to the bucket when the operator exited the running excavator. The unoccupied excavator's bucket dropped down and struck the employees. One employee was struck in the head by the bucket and was killed. The other employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket , Dropped, Excavator, Head, Lifting, Piling, Pump, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			8		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1639394.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause:
2	1639394.015	56	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause:

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