Inspection Detail

Inspection: 306016536 - Legrande Excavating, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 306016536

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 05/15/2003

Site Address:
Legrande Excavating, Inc.
Hwy 34 East Of Seward By Plum Creek
Seward, NE 68434

Mailing Address:
7601 S 1st St, Lincoln, NE 68512

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1629

NAICS: 237990/Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/22/2003

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: S:Construction, S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 09/05/2003

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361803729

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
Current Penalty	$1,375	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,375
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260020 B01	07/03/2003	09/12/2003	$688	$1,250	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19260021 B02	07/03/2003	09/12/2003	$688	$1,250	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200052041

Event: 05/15/2003

Employee killed by falling tree

On May 15, 2003, Employee #1 was using an excavator to fell trees at a highway widening project. To conduct this operation, he would sever the root structure of the tree by digging trenches around the tree, and then use the boom of the excavator to push the tree over. The area was on the southwest edge of a creek bed and had received several inches of rain the previous week. While digging the last trench around a tree approximately 200-ft-tall and over 5-ft in diameter at its base, the tree fell over onto the excavator. Employee #1 was found approximately 30 to 40 minutes later by a state inspector, dead inside the crushed excavator cab.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, TREE, EXCAVATOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306016536			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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