OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221432339

BRADFORD BORING LLC

ALEX, OK· 2022-01-26T00:00:00

Event: Bucket, Communication, Construction, Construction vehicle, Entangled, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Hard Hat, Head, Loader, Loader Bucket, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, Struck By
NAICS: 333131
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345753172
Employer profile: BRADFORD BORING LLC
Summary number: 221432339
Report ID: 0627700
Project type: E
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee is killed after struck in head by excavator

Investigation abstract

At 5:22 p.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee was killed while operating an excavator. The employee was holding a swivel and beamer off the ground with the excavator. The employee exited the excavator and his mic/communication device became entangled in the rotating beamer. As the cord to the mic broke, the employee struck his head on the bucket located directly behind him and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7020

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