Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200271310 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Bucket on a Bob Cat

Accident Summary Nr: 200271310 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 12/02/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305896805	12/03/2004	1771	238110	Carl Bartels, Jr. Dba Carl Bartels Construction

Abstract: At approximately 3:43 p.m. on December 2, 2004, an employee was in the process of using a Bobcat to place pea gravel in a crawlspace of a new single-family. He home noticed a hydraulic hose line had ruptured. The employee was working under the raised bucket full of pea gravel on the Bobcat. The Employee was trying to repair the ruptured hydraulic hose line by loosening another hydraulic hose line with a wrench to move it out of the way to repair the ruptured hose line. When the employee loosened the hydraulic hose line in the front, the bucket full of pea gravel slowly fell on the employee, crushing him between the cab and the bucket of the Bobcat. The employee was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: WRENCH, HOSE, RUPTURE, CRUSHED, FALL, CRAWL SPACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305896805			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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