Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170167043 - Employee dies of suffocation when buried in mud

Accident Summary Nr: 170167043 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 02/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120160072	02/20/1997	1629	0	Bova Contracting

Abstract: Employee #1, an excavator operator, was assigned to remove an area of very wet soil and mud from an area that had been drained of water. He was operating a Link Belt LS 4300 tracked excavator from the graded, compacted area and depositing the mud into a scraper parked next to the excavator. The excavator either slipped or backed over the edge, and tipped over approximately 120 degrees. Employee #1 and the cab were submerged in the mud; he died of suffocation.

Keywords: SUFFOCATED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, UNSTABLE SOIL, BURIED, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		$20,000,000 and over	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120160072			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erection of coffer dams, caissons Fatality Cause: Other

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