Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202720694 - Employee Is Killed When Caught Between Vehicle and House

Accident Summary Nr: 202720694 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 09/26/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317165900	09/16/2013	1521	236115	Castlewood Consulting Llc

Abstract: On September 26, 2013, Employee #1, a jobsite superintendent with Castlewood Consulting LLC, was operating a track excavator (Case CX36B; Serial Number: NDTN63778). He was still in the cab of the excavator, when he attempted to drive past the corner of the house under construction. Employee #1 had opened the door of the cab to judge the distance between the house and the excavator, and he either hit the controls to move forward or the excavator shifted in the mud. Employee #1 was pinned between the house and the excavator. When coworkers extricated him, it was too late to save his life. The excavator was rented for this contractor, and Employee #1 was the only employee on this construction site, who worked for this contractor. The employer had not provided training to Employee #1.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, VEHICLE IN GEAR, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, EXCAVATOR, UNTRAINED, MOTOR VEHICLE

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	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317165900			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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