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 called 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 working excavator and stationary pipe. Employee #1 entered the swing area of a Komatsu PC310LC-10 hydraulic excavator and he couldn't hear the formen and spotter yelling at him to get out of the swing area. Employee #1 was caught between the excavator's counterweight and the staged piping. Employee #1 died at the scene from his injuries. The employee sustained crushing injuries of the chest and shoulder.

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 of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	902325.015	27	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.