OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221458045

SUNNYFIELD CONTRACTORS, INC.

DOVER, DE· 2022-04-15T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Construction vehicle, Excavator, Infection, Internal Injuries, Pedestrian, Run Over, Struck By
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345923908
Employer profile: SUNNYFIELD CONTRACTORS, INC.
Summary number: 221458045
Report ID: 0317300
Project type: E
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies after being struck by mini excavator

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on April 15, 2022, an employee was walking around the mini excavator to retrieve an item from the back of a truck. As the excavator reversed, the employee was struck, knocked to the ground, and driven onto. The excavator ran over the left leg, groin and then stomach. His coworker, the excavator operator, was directed to move the vehicle off the employee and pulled forward. The employee later died due to internal injuries and an infection.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

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