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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1797500.01501/10/2025237990Hodges & 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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