OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429640

PANHANDLE GRADING & PAVING, INC

PENSACOLA, FL· 2022-01-19T00:00:00

Event: Bucket, Caught Between, Concrete Pipe, Contact, Control Lever, Crushed, Drain Pipe, Dump Truck Bed, Excavator, Internal Injuries, Pinned, Press Operator, Storm, Struck By
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345732945
Employer profile: PANHANDLE GRADING & PAVING, INC
Summary number: 221429640
Report ID: 0418600
Project type: E
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee is struck and killed by excavator bucket

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee disconnected a chain hook from a concrete storm drainage pipe that was lowered into a dump truck bed by a coworker operating an excavator to move the pipe. The employee was in the rear inside portion of the bed as the coworker leaned out of the cab to attempt to get a better view of the employee. The operator had the engine at idle and contacted a control lever that caused the excavator bucket to move and pin the employee between the dump truck bed and the bucket. The employee was crushed and was killed by the internal injuries received.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7038

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