Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 898080 - Employee Killed When Crushed Between Bucket And Pipe

**Accident: 898080 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 08/26/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
126619899	08/27/1997	1623	M.E.B. Mid Eastern Builders, Inc.

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on August 26, 1997, Employee #1, who was a supervisor, and three coworkers were installing 8 ft by 36 in. sections of flared-end storm drain pipe. Two sections of pipe were already in place and the crew was forming the foundation for the next section. Employee #1 was apparently signaling to the excavator operator to smooth out the area where the pipe was to be placed when he became caught between the bucket of the excavator and the top edge of the pipe. He was crushed to death.

Keywords: chest, installing, signalman, work rules, construction, caught between, crushed, excavator, pipe, inattention

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	126619899			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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