Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1156781.015	06/21/2016		237110	Pereira & 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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