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Accident Summary Nr: 86201.015 - Employee struck by excavator and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 86201.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 06/21/2016
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1156781.01506/21/2016237110Pereira & Sons Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on June 21, 2016, Employee #1 was cleaning up a general site and preparing to finish the job. Employee #1 was in the bed of a tri-axle dump Truck (Ford L8000) when he was struck by the bucket of a Mini Excavator (Kubota KX057-4 Mini Excavator) that was reaching for a load of asphalt. Employee #1 killed from crushing injuries to the jaw, neck, torso, hip, and laceration to the ear. He sustained second and third degree burns to seventy percent of the body and had a large contusion running diagonally across the back.

Keywords: Burn, Construction vehicle, Crushing, Excavator, Struck By
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Highway, road, street Maintenance or repair $250,000 to $500,000 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1156781.015 56 M Fatality Truck drivers, heavy Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Bituminous concrete placement
Fatality Cause:

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