OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221697295

NORTH TEXAS CONTRACTING, INC

IRVING, TX— 2024-08-29T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Excavation, Excavator, Falling Object, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Pinned, Pipe, Residential Construction, Steel Plate, Struck By, Trench, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347724387
Employer profile: NORTH TEXAS CONTRACTING, INC
Summary number: 221697295
Report ID: 0626300
Project type: E

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by excavator bucket in trenc

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on August 29, 2024, an employee working as a pipefitter for a residential building contractor was working inside a trench. The employee was struck by the 30-inch bucket of a Kobelco excavator and pinned between the bucket and a plate structure. The employee died from crushing injuries to his chest.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7038

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