Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490361

ROBERT DRAYN & SON'S EXCAVATING

Event
EXCAVATION, ROCK, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE SURFACE, CAVE-IN, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#100729870
Employer profile
ROBERT DRAYN & SON'S EXCAVATING
Summary number
14490361
Report ID
215800

Event description

BACKHOE OPERATOR CRUSHED WHEN GRAVEL FELL ON HIM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A GRAVEL PIT, USING A BACKHOE TO LOOSEN UP A HIGH WAL L OF GRAVEL. THE BACKHOE WAS A C200LE KOMATSU MODEL. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SWINGING THE BACKHOE BUCKET TO HIS RIGHT, THE GRAVEL BANK COLLAPSED ONTO THE CAB OF HIS MACHINE, CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    2

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