Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202360442 - Two Employees Are Struck by Falling Excavator Bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 202360442 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 04/12/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309974616	04/12/2006	1794	238910	Gaines And Company, Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were in an excavation while the foreman was operating a Komatsu hydraulic excavator back filling and placing stones around a 42-in.-high concrete inlet. The foreman had changed the roller to a bucket using a Hydraulic Quick Coupler Release. A locking pin had not been manually installed on the coupler. The excavator swung over the excavation and the bucket detached from the coupler, fell and struck Employees #1 and #2. The two injured employees were hospitalized for treatment of multiple injuries to their heads, arms, back and legs. One employee's legs were permanently paralyzed.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, HEAD, PARALYSIS, PIN, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309974616			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers
2	309974616			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers

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