Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202443016 - Two employees injured in fall with excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 202443016 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/17/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125885939	04/14/2004	1622	237310	Riverside Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 2:45 p.m. on March 17, 2004, Employees #1 and #2, who worked for a highway and pipeline construction contractor, had just finished installing trench shields, one above the other, in a 30 to 35 ft deep excavation that had been dug to tie in an 8 ft long corrugated steel pipe with a storm drain. They were coming out of the trench by riding in the bucket of a 1996 Caterpillar excavator, model no. 375, serial #1JM00267, when, for some reason, the bucket separated from the boom's quick coupler and they fell 30 ft back into the trench. Employee #1 sustained head and lower back injuries, and a compound fracture of his left wrist. He was hospitalized. Employee #2 sustained minor injuries and was treated and released.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRENCH, EXCAVATOR, FALL, MECH MALFUNCTION, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125885939			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Fall, other
2	125885939			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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