Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200751196 - Employee Killed When Struck By Falling Excavator Bucket

**Accident: 200751196 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 12/06/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
112536867	12/06/2000	1794	Performance Site Management

Employee #1 and a coworker were working in trench as a loader was dumping gravel into it. To protect them from the gravel flying overhead, another coworker, operating a Komatsu PC400-5 Trac-hoe with an Esco bucket attached by a JB Hendrix coupler, positioned the empty bucket above their heads. The bucket fell off the excavator and struck Employee #1, killing him. The coworker was knocked aside, but did not sustain injuries.

Keywords: excavation, unsecured, work rules, construction, trench, equipment failure, excavator, mech mat handling, struck by, falling object

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	112536867			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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