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Accident: 55410.015 - Employee Is Struck By Excavator Bucket And Dies At The Hospi
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 950943.015 | 12/04/2013 | Advance Construction, Inc. |
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on November 21, 2013, Employee #1 and a crew were wor king on a project that involved the installation of a 30 in. PVC sanitation sewe r pipe. The employees were engaged in the preparation of bedding for the pipe th at was being installed, working in a trench at a depth of approximately 18 ft. E mployee #1 signaled an excavator operator to remove some gravel. The excavator o perator lost sight of Employee #1 and crushed him between the excavators 5 ft w ide bucket and the pipe. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital where he di ed on December 3, 2013 because of numerous internal injuries, including a crushe d pelvis, displaced bladder and internal bleeding.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer/water treatment plant | Alteration or rehabilitation | $250,000 to $500,000 | X | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 950943.015 | 31 | M | Fatality | Pipelayer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: |