Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200742070 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Excavator And Tree

**Accident: 200742070 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 02/21/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309205219	02/22/2006	1794	Dhl Excavating

On February 21, 2006, a worker exited a PC120 5 excavator without activating the control lever lock outs or lowering the excavator's bucket. He contacted the swing control, causing the excavator to pin Employee #1 against a tree, crushing him, and killing him.

Keywords: pinned, work rules, machine operator, lockout, caught between, crushed, tree, excavator

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	309205219			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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