Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202013017 - Employee injured when struck by rotating body of excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 202013017 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 11/07/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113939862	11/08/1996	1622	0	Popoli Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was performing demolition work on a bridge by cutting the existing bridge rail in preparation for the next piece of bridge roadway to be removed. He was standing between the existing railing of the bridge and a John Deere 792D LC excavator when he was struck by the rotating superstructure of the excavator and became caught between it and the bridge railing. He sustained a head laceration, an open chest wound, and a severe laceration to his left arm near the elbow. The work area was congested, and no signalman was designated to inform the excavator operator when employees were clear of the machine. In addition, there was no barricade system to prevent employees from entering the danger zone created by the swing radius of the superstructure and fixed objects such as the bridge railing.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, DEMOLITION, SIGNALMAN, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, EXCAVATOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113939862			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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