Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201149333 - Employee injured when struck by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201149333 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309300002	12/10/2007	1629	237990	Oliphant Golf Inc

Abstract: On July 10, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were replacing the water valves and pipes on both ends of the mainline irrigation system on the 18th hole of a golf course. The mainline was inside a 48 in. wide by 78 in. long by 55 in. deep concrete vault. The coworker was operating a Caterpillar, model 307, and positioned it to the north of the vault so that the arm of the Caterpillar could reach into the vault and help with the work. Employee #1 descended into the vault to hold an 8 in. by 10 in. piece of plastic at the opening of the new pipe while the coworker positioned the bucket of the excavator against the plastic. As the coworker increased the pressure of the bucket on the plastic to move the new pipe into the old pipe, the bucket slipped and struck Employee #1 in the head. Employee #1 sustained multiple facial fractures and a skull fracture, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, EXCAVATOR, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309300002			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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