Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202043865 - Employee injured when excavator falls off bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 202043865 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 05/24/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302366422	05/24/1999	1622	0	Neil H. Daniels, Inc.

Abstract: On May 24, 1999, Employee #1 was using a John Deere 595 Rubber-Tired Excavator was working on a bridge removing a layer of asphalt. He apparently did not have the front or rear excavator outriggers down. The excavator was observed to bounce during the removal operation and apparently moved towards the edge of the bridge until the right-front tire started to slip off of the bridge. Employee #1 attempted to place the wheel back on the bridge by using the boom as a lever. When he pulled the boom off the ground, the excavator fell into the river. Employee #1 sustained major external and internal injuries and was hospitalized.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATOR, FALL, BRIDGE, ASPHALT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302366422			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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