Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202367256 - Employee killed when excavator overturns into river

Accident Summary Nr: 202367256 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 01/15/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311627541	01/15/2008	1611	237310	Mowat Construction Company

Abstract: On January 15, 2008, Employee #1 was using a tracked Hitachi excavator, model #083, to pick up slabs of concrete. He picked up a large piece of concrete with the boom in line with the tracks. Employee #1 was rotating the boom to the side to place the load onto a forklift that was sitting behind it when the excavator tipped and went over the edge of the bank and into the river. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, RIVER, EXCAVATOR, MECH MAT HANDLING, DROWN, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311627541			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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