Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 85361.015 - Worker is struck by Shackle and Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 85361.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 05/17/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1148200.015	05/18/2016		562910	Headwaters Plant Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:45 p.m. on May 17, 2016, Employee #1 and two coworkers were working to pull a KOMATSO PC 350 hydraulic excavator from a landfill. The excavator was submerged in mud. As Employee #1 was operating a KOMATSO dozer, model number D65EX-15EO, three separate nylon straps were attached to the submerged excavator using a 1 1/2 17T Crosby shackle that was then affixed to the dozers bucket with another 1 1/2 17T Crosby shackle. When tension was applied, one of the nylon straps broke free from the shackle attached to the excavator, causing the shackle to fly into the back window of Employee #1's dozer cab. Employee #1 was struck on his torso and was killed.

Keywords: Bulldozer, Flying Object, Landfill, Struck By, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1148200.015	38	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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