Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201140308 - Employee killed when crushed by falling clamshell bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201140308 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 05/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120160213	05/22/1997	1799	0	Ayala Boring Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was inside a 20 ft trench while a coworker operating a crane was lowering an empty clamshell bucket into it. The bucket became caught on the sides of the trench shield, releasing the tension on the load line and causing the bucket to slip out of the hook. Employee #1 killed when crushed by the falling bucket.

Keywords: TRENCH BOX, CRANE HOOK, UNSECURED, SLIP, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120160213			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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