Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901759 - Employee Is Struck by Excavator Bucket and Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200901759 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 02/10/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307410761	02/13/2006	1623	237110	Triangle Construction Company Of Georgia, Inc.

Abstract: On February 10, 2006, Employee #1 was working on a construction site in a new subdivision, setting up a water pump to extract water from an excavation. Once the water pump was started and appeared to be working well, most of the employees began to pick up tools and other equipment on the jobsite. Employee #1 stayed by the pump, observing its operation. While Employee #1 stood watching, the excavator operator started to add fill dirt to the excavation in order to secure the sewer piping. As the excavator operator swung the bucket to his blind side to retrieve fill dirt, the excavator bucket struck Employee #1 and impinged him against the water pump. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital, where he died the next day from his injuries.

Keywords: CHEST, SEWER, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, WATER PIPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307410761			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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