Accident Report Detail

Accident: 91870.015 - Employee Is Crushed And Killed When Caught Between Counterwe

**Accident: 91870.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 01/03/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1201140.015	01/04/2017		City Of Hurricane

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on January 3, 2017, an employee had been locating and marking a waterline in the excavation area. He was walking uphill to the south past the excavator. The employee marked the waterline position just behind the excavator. The excavator cab rotated and the employee was crushed between the co unterweight and the dirt bank. The employee suffered from blunt force trauma to the midsection and was killed.

Keywords: caught between, crane counterweight, excavator

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Pipeline		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1201140.015	58	M	Fatality		Surveyor	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Surveying FatCause:

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