OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221695273

AMERICANA DESIGN BUILD

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ— 2024-08-12T00:00:00

Event: Bucket, Construction, Construction vehicle, Cutting, Demolish, Demolition, Excavator, Falling Object, Fence, Ground, Hand Tool, Head, Loader Bucket, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Remodel, Residential Construction, Saw, Struck By
NAICS: 236118
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347680894
Employer profile: AMERICANA DESIGN BUILD
Summary number: 221695273
Report ID: 0213400
Project type: D
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed when struck in the head by excavator buck

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on August 12, 2024, an employee working for a residential remodeler was sitting on the ground using a hand saw to cut a fence. The employee was working in close proximity to a Kubota KX080-4 excavator. The coworker operating the excavator was using the bucket to knock down the fence. The employee was killed when the bucket struck him in the head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
1

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