Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 56950.015 - Employee is crushed by excavator arm and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 56950.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 01/09/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
955711.015	01/11/2014		213112	Greenes Energy Group, Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. on January 9, 2014, an employee was attempting to attach a tow strap between a Kenworth power unit and a CAT 336E track excavator. A coworker operating the excavator leaned out the excavator window to give verbal instructions to the employee. That motion caused part of the coworker's clothing to activate the crowd arm joystick. The crowd arm struck the employee's head and forced it against the grill of the Kenworth power unit, crushing it.

Keywords: Caught Between, Crushed, Excavator, Head, Struck By

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	955711.015	24	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

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