Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on August 16, 1999, Employee #1 was occupying an excavation site (75 ft long by 21.33 ft wide by 8.58 ft deep), and taking measurements for the placement of 60 ft concrete pilings. The pilings are driven into the ground for the foundation of the bridge. While Employee #1 was inside the excavation site, Employee #2 was operating a Caterpillar Excavator overhead at the edge of the excavation site. He used the vehicle to lift a 21.5 ft concrete piling that was shackled by a single cable to the excavator bucket. As he applied tension to the cable line, the piling lifted. He then proceeded to move the pilling over to the excavation site. However, as he lifted and moved the piling, it leaned to a 40-45 degree position and slipped out of the cable hoist and landed onto Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene.