Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200997286 - Worker Is Killed While Installing Helical Piles at Jobsite

Accident Summary Nr: 200997286 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312650062	10/21/2008	1799	238990	Advanced Foundation Systems Inc.

Abstract: On October 21, 2008, Employee #1, a laborer, and a coworker, a Bobcat equipment operator, of Advanced Foundations Systems, Inc. were installing helical piles to support the foundation of a new building. The coworker attached hydraulic lines and pushed the leaver activating the bottom wedge and Employee #1 activated the right lever for the respective bottom wedge to secure the Bob Tach frame apparatus to the Bobcat. The coworker drove the Model 864 Bobcat to the location of the site where the helical piles were to be driven into the ground. The site was 80x60 inch hole about 3 feet deep. Employee #1 entered the site and placed the pile into position. As the Bob Tach apparatus was raised into position it fell onto Employee #1, from a height of approximately 7 feet. The total weight of the attached apparatus was between 900 and 1,000 pounds.

Keywords: PILE DRIVER, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, ATTACHMENT PLUG, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	24	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312650062			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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