Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201450020 - Employee killed when struck by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201450020 -- Report ID: 0418500 -- Event Date: 05/01/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301108585	05/02/1997	1629	0	Earthscapes, Inc.

Abstract: After watching Employee #1 drive his Mack truck from the loading area, the operator of a Caterpillar excavator turned away from the truck and began to make another pile of dirt for the next load. While he was digging, the excavator bucket became entangled with a buried conduit containing communication wires. The coworker was moving the excavator arm and bucket clockwise to remove the conduit when the bucket struck Employee #1. For some reason, he had backed down into the area, left his truck cab, and was standing on the side of his truck when he was struck. Employee #1 suffered massive internal injuries and died at the hospital.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, COMMUNICATION, INATTENTION, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301108585			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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