Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202079711 - Employee Is Injured When Pinned by Excavator Bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 202079711 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 09/16/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312610777	09/16/2008	1711	238220	Rea General Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On September 16, 2008, Employee #1 was installing storm sewer sections in an excavation. A coworker was operating a Komatsu 400 excavator with an attached JRB Smartloc Quick Coupler. After reattaching the bucket, the coworker swung the boom around to begin excavating more soil from the excavation. As the bucket was being lowered to dig, it separated from the coupler and fell from the boom. The bucket hit the ground and rolled forward, trapping Employee #1 against a 42-inch concrete section of storm sewer that had just been installed. He was hospitalized with bruises, contusions, and abrasions.

Keywords: CHEST, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, CONCRETE PIPE, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE BUCKET, MECH MALFUNCTION, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312610777			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	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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