Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200528529 - Employee is killed when crushed by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200528529 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/05/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306682477	04/06/2004	1622	237310	Bloomfield Bridge And Culvert, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on counterweights that had been set on the back of a crawler crane by an excavator. As additional counterweights were being placed, he became caught between the bucket of the excavator and the crane and was crushed and killed.

Keywords: CHEST, HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT, EXCAVATOR, FALL PROTECTION, UNTRAINED, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306682477			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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