Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 98021.015 - Employee Is Struck By Falling Counterweight From An Excavato

**Accident: 98021.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 08/10/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1253686.015	08/10/2017		Aarcon Enterprises Inc.

At 9:00 a.m. on August 10, 2017, an employee was removing bolts from the counter weight on an excavator. The employee was struck by the counterweight when it fe ll from the excavator and pinned his lower body to the ground. The employee suff ered blunt force trauma to his head and was crushed, killing the employee.

Keywords: crushed, excavator, falling object, pinned, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1253686.015	55	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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