Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200758316 - Employee Is Killed When Pinned by Excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 200758316 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/20/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309186658	09/20/2006	1799	238910	Performance Site Management

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on September 20, 2006, Employee #1, of Performance Site Company, was assisting in the installation of a storm sewer pipe on a site which was being readied for the construction of a 218-unit townhouse complex. Employee #1 walked between a Komatsu PC300LC excavator and a gravel box; however, there were no barricades to prevent workers from entering the excavator's swing radius. Employee #1 was struck by the excavator's rotating superstructure and was pinned against the gravel box. He was killed.

Keywords: SEWER, CLEARANCE, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309186658			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers

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