Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202501623 - Employee Injured in Excavator Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 202501623 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 06/09/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314170226	06/09/2010	1623	237110	Total Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: On June 9, 2010 a flatbed trailer arrived at the construction site with a load of water pipes. The excavator was set up on hard compacted soil with stone imbedded. After the six 20 ft long water pipes were hooked up Employee #1 lifted the load up off of the trailer bed and swung the load to his left. While doing that the excavator turned over on the left side landing on the compacted soil and stone smashing the left cab window. Employee #1's legs were pinned by the seat. Employee #1 had full use of his arms and legs and no blood had been drawn. The fire department arrived and smashed the remaining windows in the cab and after some time removed the operator from the cab. The equipment operator had injuries to his feet and lower legs and was taken to a local hospital. Employee #1 broke a toe on his left foot and received bruises. Apparently the load of six pipes was too heavy for the excavator to lift causing it to turn over. It was determined after the accident from the drug test the operator took that he was under the influence of alcohol when the accident occurred.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, TRUCK, PIPE, TOE, TRACTOR, LEG

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314170226			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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