Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 52906.015 - Employee is trapped underwater by fallen excavator and drown

Accident Summary Nr: 52906.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 09/26/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
942748.015	09/27/2013		237990	Robertson Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on September 26, 2013, an employee was applying rip/rap in drainage ditch using a mid-size excavator. The employee tracked the excavator along the lake bank. The ground gave way and the excavator slid into the water and turned over on its side, trapping the employee in the cab underwater. The employee drowned.

Keywords: Drowning, Excavator

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	942748.015	29	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Seawall construction, riprap placement Fatality Cause:

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