Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 70089.015 - Worker is killed when struck and crushed by excavator.

Accident Summary Nr: 70089.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 01/19/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1020076.015	01/20/2015		237310	Kokosing Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. on January 19, 2015, Employee #1, a supervisor employed a construction company, was supervising a crew of workers engaged in the demolition of a bridge overpass. The bridge, which was a double-hinged suspension type, passed over an interstate highway. The workers were demolishing the bridge from east to west. The tie-down system that had been installed earlier that day failed, and the center span of the bridge collapsed to the highway below. Employee #1, who was on the bridge when the center span collapsed, was struck and pinned underneath the tracks of a Komatsu PC400 excavator. He sustained crushing injuries to the head and was killed.

Keywords: Bridge, Collapse, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Demolition, Excavator, Head, Pinned

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Demolition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1020076.015	35	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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