Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201952959 - Employee killed when struck by excavation hoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201952959 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/28/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121981468	10/29/1999	1711	0	Performance Site Management

Abstract: During the morning of October 28, 1999, a crew of four employees were laying 36-in. diameter concrete storm sewer piping in an excavation site at the Aston Woods subdivision. Employee #1 and another employee entered the excavation site to set a laser while a trench hoe operator began digging just beyond where the last pipe was laid. During the course of digging Employee #1 noticed the pin on the bucket of the hoe was creeping out. The operator pounded the pin back into place and resumed digging. After a few passes, the bucket broke loose from the hoe. The bucket rolled over Employee #1, crushing and killing him.

Keywords: SEWER, EXCAVATION, TRENCH DIGGER, CRUSHED, PIPE, STRUCK BY, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	121981468			Fatality	Puncture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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