Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1156781.015 - Pereira & Sons Construction, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Bridgeport Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1156781.015

Report ID: 0111500

Date Opened: 06/21/2016

Site Address:
Pereira & Sons Construction, Inc.
31 Orange Avenue
New Haven, CT 06519

Mailing Address:
109 Highland Street, West Haven, CT 06516

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 237110/Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/21/2016

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/27/2016

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1104804

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 86201.015

Event: 06/21/2016

Employee struck by excavator and is killed

At 11:30 a.m. on June 21, 2016, Employee #1 was cleaning up a general site and preparing to finish the job. Employee #1 was in the bed of a tri-axle dump Truck (Ford L8000) when he was struck by the bucket of a Mini Excavator (Kubota KX057-4 Mini Excavator) that was reaching for a load of asphalt. Employee #1 killed from crushing injuries to the jaw, neck, torso, hip, and laceration to the ear. He sustained second and third degree burns to seventy percent of the body and had a large contusion running diagonally across the back.

Keywords: Burn, Construction vehicle, Crushing, Excavator, Struck By

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1156781.015	56	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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