Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200712677 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 200712677 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 10/17/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308648906	10/18/2005	1623	237110	Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: On October 17, 2005, Employee #1, a pipe layer, was assisting in the installation of an 8-in. water main inside a trench approximately 4.5-ft deep. He was struck by the boom/bucket of an excavator, and pinned against the west wall of the trench. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, INSTALLING, PINNED, TRENCH, EXCAVATOR, PIPE, STRUCK BY, WATER PIPE, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308648906			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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