Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656397 - Employee's leg injured when pinned by excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 656397 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 07/18/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113546261	07/19/2000	1794	0	Site, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was measuring the inside of a newly poured foundation wall while standing at the wall's exterior. An excavator was backfilling at the same time, and Employee #1's leg accidentally became pinned between the concrete foundation wall and the crawler's track. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, EXCAVATOR, MECH MAT HANDLING, INATTENTION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113546261			Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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