Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 27615.015 - Employee is struck and killed by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 27615.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 09/05/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
615600.015	09/06/2012		221320	Industrial Tx Corp.

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on September 5, 2012, an employee was serving as a rigger during a lifting operation using an excavator. As the employee was standing between a stack of crane mats and the bucket of an excavator being used as a lifting device, when the bucket struck and pinned him between the mats and the excavator's bucket. The employee was killed as a result of his injuries sustained. The incident investigation revealed that the operator's shirt became entangled with the excavator's control, while he was attempting to raise the front windshield of the excavator. This caused the unintentional lowering of the bucket.

Keywords: Construction, Construction vehicle, Excavator, Pinned, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	615600.015	54	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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