Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 158894.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by ramps

Accident Summary Nr: 158894.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 08/10/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1690023.015	08/10/2023		238190	Jd Excavation, Inc

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on August 10, 2023, an employee, the owner of the company, was working alone and was offloading a Komastu PC228USLC - 8 excavator from a Trailboss trailer at a storage yard. After offloading the excavator, the employee was raising the ramps of the trailer into the travel position using chains connected to the bucket of the excavator. The employee exited the excavator to secure the ramps in the travel position. The chains connected to the ramps became dislodged causing them to fall and fatally crush him.

Keywords: Bucket , Chain, Crushed, Crushing, Excavator, Falling Object, Off Loading, Ramp, Struck By, Trailer

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1690023.015	53	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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