Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159060.015 - Employee is killed when pinned between heavy equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 159060.015 -- Report ID: 0551701 -- Event Date: 08/15/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1691152.015	08/16/2023		237310	Il Dept. Of Transportation - Yorkville Yard

Abstract: At 10:35 a.m. on August 15, 2023, an employee was moving broken asphalt with a 2014 Doosan DL 220 front-end loader from the northwest side of the facility's yard to the south section of the yard next to an unused, folded Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. Truck Mounted Attenuator. The employee stepped down and in front of the front-end loader to attach a chain to the attenuator when the loader slowly crept forward and pinned him between the loader's bucket and the attenuator. Coworkers found the employee and attempted CPR on him, and emergency services were called but he died from his injuries. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxia due to being crushed between industrial machinery.

Keywords: Asphalt, Asphyxiated, CPR, Caught Between, Crushed, Crushing, Front End Loader, Loader, Loader Bucket, Moving, Pinned, Truck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1691152.015	43	M	Fatality		Highway Maintenance Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause:

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