Inspection Detail

Inspection: 115064792 - Breiholz Construction Company

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Investigation Summary

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on October 8, 1993, employees were clearing debris from a job site. A Bobcat rubber-tired skid loader, model 743B, serial #509321437, equipped with Loegering tire crawler tracks, was trying to lift one corner of a chunk of concrete weighing approximately 1,400 lb. Employee #1 was trying to place a wood post, measuring 4 in. by 4 in. by 87 in., beneath the concrete so that the Bobcat's bucket could get a better hold on it to move it. The actual sequence of events that followed is unclear. An interviewed witness said that the concrete slipped off the bucket, hitting the wood post and causing it to strike Employee #1. The medical examiner concluded that the absence of bruises on the body indicated that the employee had been struck a severe blow. Employee #1 died of natural causes due to a berry aneurysm.

Keywords: LOADER BUCKET, CONSTRUCTION, ANEURYSM, LOADER, STRUCK BY