Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 948513 - Employee killed when crushed in trench by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 948513 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 01/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125454652	01/06/1998	1623	0	Possie B. Chenault, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:15 p.m. on January 5, 1998, Employee #1 and coworkers were engaged in a pipe laying operation. They had just finished moving a trench box that was being used in the excavation when the bottom of the trench caved-in on the PCV pipe. Employee #1 entered the north end of the box to remove the dirt. While he was between the tracked excavator and the north end of the box, he motioned for the operator to move his bucket forward and into the box. In the process, the operator lost sight of Employee #1, and he was crushed and killed between the excavator bucket and the trench box.

Keywords: TRENCH BOX, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, COMMUNICATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125454652			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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