Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 169638.015 - Employee dies of multiple blunt trauma when crushed by pilin

Accident Summary Nr: 169638.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/27/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1771639.015	08/27/2024		238110	Mintz Concrete Inc.

Abstract: At 10:10 a.m. on August 27, 2024, an employee working as an equipment operator for a structural concrete contractor was walking between a GEAX DTC80 piling rig (drilling equipment) and a dirt wall. A coworker operating the rig struck the employee, crushing him between the equipment and the wall. The employee died from multiple injuries including contusions and lacerations to his chest, torso and hands and asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Barricade, Caught Between, Chest, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Crushed, Drill Operator, Drill Rig--Non-Oil, Engineering Controls, Equipment Operator, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Piling, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Residential Construction, Skid Steer loader, Struck Against, Struck By, Torso, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1771639.015	44	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Skidsteer/Bobcat	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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