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Accident: 200202067 - Employee Killed When Struck By Excavator Bucket

**Accident: 200202067 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 03/31/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
305860868	04/02/2003	1611	Bruce Albea Contracting

On March 31, 2003, Employee # 1 had just unhooked the cables from the bucket of an excavator and walked away toward the North wall of the excavation so that his coworker, the operator of the excavator, could butt the pipe against the other pipe. Without waiting to receive instruction that everything was clear, his coworker swung the bucket up and attempted to clip the small overhang, but accidentally struck and killed Employee #1 when the bucket struck his chest and face.

Keywords: chest, excavator, struck by, face

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	305860868			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Other

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