Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200555746 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Excavator

**Accident: 200555746 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 07/29/2009**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
313024861	07/30/2009	1623	Bld Services, Llc

On July 29, 2009, Employee #1 was attaching a chain to a pump unit that was to be lifted by an excavator. The excavator operator, attempting to avoid hitting vehicles on the road side, did not see Employee #1 and struck him with the excavator bucket, pinning Employee #1 between the pump and bucket. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: pinned, construction, caught between, crushed, excavator, inattention

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	313024861			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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