Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201158193 - Employee injured when struck by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201158193 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/16/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125884486	09/30/2003	1794	238910	Desert Design Engineering Contractors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on September 16, 2003, Employee #1, a laborer with Desert Design Engineering Contractors, Inc., was placing aluminum detector tape on a newly installed water pipeline in an approximately 4 ft 6 in. deep trench. He was putting in the tape when his supervisor tried to climb into the cab of a Caterpillar excavator, model 307, whose engine was still running. He slipped on the excavator's track and accidentally touched the bucket's control levers. The bucket moved toward the trench and struck Employee #1 in the stomach, causing multiple internal injuries to his liver and lungs. Employee #1 was flown by helicopter to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, CA. He underwent surgery and was hospitalized for 14 days.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, LUNG, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, LIVER, TRENCH, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125884486			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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