Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 173388.015 - Employee is killed from multiple injuries when pinned by exc

Accident Summary Nr: 173388.015 -- Report ID: 0316300 -- Event Date: 01/09/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1797500.015	01/10/2025		237990	Hodges & Hodges Enterprises Llc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on January 9, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a construction laborer for a civil engineering firm and was refueling gas canisters. A coworker was operating a Link Belt 250X4 LF hydraulic excavator on the transfer barge during a dredging operation. Employee #1 was working on the barge within the swing radius of the excavator. The excavator rotated and pinned the employee between the counterweight and the metal fuel container. Employee #1 was fatally injured due to multiple injuries.

Keywords: Caught Between, Construction, Construction vehicle, Container, Counterweight, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Excavator, Filling, Filling Station, Gas, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal container, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Struck By, Swing, Unsafe Position, Work Surface

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	1797500.015	26	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Dredging Fatality Cause:

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