Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201562022 - Employee Killed When Pinned In Excavation By Loader
Accident: 201562022 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 11/01/2007 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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310458021 | 11/01/2007 | 1794 | Gray Excavating | ||||
On November 1, 2007, Employee #1, a loader operator, left his Case 631 front-end loader to assist a coworker who was resetting and repairing a collar (form) that had been constructed on the storm drain line to the manhole bell. The loader rolled into the approximately 2 ft deep excavation, pinning him between the loader's front tire and the cement manhole bell. Employee #1 was killed. He had left the front-end loader in idle, without setting the brake and/or lowering the bucket. | |||||||
Keywords:
excavation, front end loader, vehicle in gear, hand brake, loader bucket, pinned, work rules, equipment operator, construction, unmanned
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Excavation, landfill | Other | Under $50,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 310458021 | Fatality | Other | Excavating and loading machine operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating |