Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 169729.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by excavator bucket in trenc

Accident Summary Nr: 169729.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/29/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1772438.015	08/29/2024		236115	North Texas Contracting, Inc

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on August 29, 2024, an employee working as a pipefitter for a residential building contractor was working inside a trench. The employee was struck by the 30-inch bucket of a Kobelco excavator and pinned between the bucket and a plate structure. The employee died from crushing injuries to his chest.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket , Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Excavation, Excavator, Falling Object, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Pinned, Pipe, Residential Construction, Steel Plate, Struck By, Trench, Unsafe Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1772438.015	51	M	Fatality		Pipelayer

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