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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 75366.015 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By Concrete Pier Piling

**Accident: 75366.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 03/30/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1050555.015	03/30/2015		Colonna'S Shipyard, Inc.

At 1:30 p.m. on March 30, 2015, an employee was using a hydraulic tracked excava tor to lift a 60-ft long 12-in. by 12-in. concrete pier piling. The pier piling fell from between the excavator bucket and grapple thumb, striking and crushing the excavator cab and subsequently killing the employee.

Keywords: construction vehicle, crushing, excavator, falling object, material handling, shipyard, struck by

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1050555.015	58	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause:

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