Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171057359 - Employee injured when excavator bucket falls into trench

Accident Summary Nr: 171057359 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 01/25/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126797968	01/25/1999	1623	0	Jones Excavating Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was in a trench cleaning out the bell end of an 18 in. diameter water pipe. An excavator whose bucket had a quick disconnect/connecting system was situated nearby, and the operator had disconnected it while he pushed the pipe into place. He was reconnecting the bucket when Employee #1 went down into the trench. The operator thought the bucket was locked, but as he moved it into place, the bucket came loose and rolled down the trench, striking Employee #1 on the back. The force of the impact drove him across the pipe, and he landed, face down, next to it with the bucket on his back. The bucket had to be reconnected to the excavator to remove it. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, BACK, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE BUCKET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other		$250,000 to $500,000		6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126797968			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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