Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201562022 - Employee killed when pinned in excavation by loader

Accident Summary Nr: 201562022 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 11/01/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310458021	11/01/2007	1794	238910	Gray Excavating

Abstract: On November 1, 2007, Employee #1, a loader operator, left his Case 631 front-end loader to assist a coworker who was resetting and repairing a collar (form) that had been constructed on the storm drain line to the manhole bell. The loader rolled into the approximately 2 ft deep excavation, pinning him between the loader's front tire and the cement manhole bell. Employee #1 was killed. He had left the front-end loader in idle, without setting the brake and/or lowering the bucket.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRONT END LOADER, VEHICLE IN GEAR, HAND BRAKE, LOADER BUCKET, PINNED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, UNMANNED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310458021			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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