Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 43784.015 - Employee Struck-By Excavator'S Counterweight, Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 43784.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/22/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
902325.015	04/22/2013		237120	Sunland Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:07 a.m. on April 22, 2013, an employee was picking up pieces of wood calle d skids to set under pipes waiting to be moved into the excavation. Loose skids were in proximity of the excavator, and the employee was walking towards the wor king excavator and stationary pipe. Employee #1 entered the swing area of a Koma tsu PC310LC-10 hydraulic excavator and he couldn't hear the formen and spotter y elling at him to get out of the swing area. Employee #1 was caught between the e xcavator's counterweight and the staged piping. Employee #1 died at the scene fr om his injuries. The employee sustained crushing injuries of the chest and shoul der.

Keywords: counterbalance, excavation, excavator, pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	902325.015	27	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA