Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201146966 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Falling Steel Plate

Accident Summary Nr: 201146966 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/30/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125948877	08/30/2005	1542	236220	Vido Artukovich & Sons Inc

Abstract: On August 30, 2005, Employee #1, a laborer, and a coworker were moving and adjusting trench shoring components while laying new steel pipeline utilities at a residential housing construction site. To relocate a trench box and steel trench plate, Employee #1 attached a 3,267-pound 8-foot by 10-foot by 1-inch steel plate to a Caterpillar 325 excavator, operated by the coworker. The area was cleared of all personnel, and the excavator lifted the plate out of the trench and set it down vertically on the pavement. As the plate was lowered to a horizontal position, the coworker noticed that the rigging appeared to be loose. At the same time, Employee #1 rushed toward the plate's hazard zone. The rigging disengaged and the plate fell, striking Employee #1. He was crushed and killed by the plate.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, RIGGING, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, SHORING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125948877			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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