Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160167.015 - Employee is killed when caught between bucket and excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 160167.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 09/20/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1699144.015	09/21/2023	2951	324121	155216 - Johnson Brothers Utility - Paving Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on September 20, 2023, Employee #1 was working alongside his foreman (Coworker #1), conducting repairs on the boom arm of a Caterpillar Model 330C excavator at a height of approximately 13 feet above the ground. For this task, Employee #1 worked while standing inside the bucket attachment of a Liebherr-America Model L566-460 wheel loader, operated by Coworker #2 while Coworker #1 worked from an extension ladder on the opposite side of the excavator's boom arm. As Coworker #1 descended from the extension ladder to obtain a part that he left at ground level, he heard Employee #1 cry out in pain. Upon looking up, Coworker #1 observed that Employee #1 was pinned between the bucket and the excavator. Coworker #1 instructed Coworker #2 to reverse the wheel loader to free Employee #1. Coworker #2 backed the wheel loader, and Employee #1 fell towards the ground where he was caught by Coworker #1. Employee #1 died at the scene from fatal crush injuries sustained from being pinned between the wheel loader and the excavator.

Keywords: Boom, Bucket , Caught Between, Crushed, Excavator, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Pinned, Repair, Wheel Loader

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1699144.015	83	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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