Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200610509 - Employee killed when crushed against wall by excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 200610509 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 09/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302535992	09/13/1999	1629	0	Alvin J. Coleman & Son, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a crew that was raking stone near the top of a masonry wall under construction. A Caterpillar 225B excavator was unloading stone from dump trucks and placing it near the wall, from where the crew would rake it into place. The excavator was situated in an area cut from a side hill; as the excavator turned, the counterweights would nearly contact the earthen wall. Employee #1 had stepped back from the edge of the masonry wall and near the rear of the excavator when it rotated on its tracks, crushing him between the counterweights and earthen wall. He suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis, as well as soft tissue injuries to his bowel, urinary, and reproductive systems.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		19

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302535992			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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