Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 62409.015 - Employee crushed and killed by a dislodged excavator bucket.

Accident Summary Nr: 62409.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 05/30/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
978891.015	05/30/2014		237110	King Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on May 30, 2014, an employee was connecting a 12 foot sewer line inside a 24 foot by 4 foot trench box. The trench was 7 feet deep. The employee was completing the connection when the operator of an excavator lowered the bucket inside the trench. The bucket is a quick disconnect type. The bucket was unknowingly unlocked and the operator lowered the bucket and it dislodged causing a pendulum effect. The employee was crushed and killed between the bucket and the horizontal supports of the trench box.

Keywords: Pipe, Pipeline, Trench Box

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	978891.015	51	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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