Hispanic Pipe Layer Dies After Being Struck by Excavator (Track Hoe) Bucket on Construction Site - South Carolina: FACE 2003-12

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On May 29, 2003, a 23-year-old male Hispanic pipe layer (the victim) died after being struck by the bucket teeth of an excavator (track hoe). The victim, and a crew of four other workers were installing concrete drain pipe alongside a public roadway. The excavator operator was reportedly in the process of extending the trench for the accommodation of another 8-foot section of the pipe. When making the cut, the bucket teeth struck the victim at the right-side chest and neck area, causing nearly immediate fatal injuries. Emergency medical service (EMS) and the local fire department were notified and responded within minutes. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 4
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Construction-workers
  • Construction-industry
  • Construction-equipment
  • Excavation-equipment
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Construction ; Hispanic ; Hispanic - Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Construction ; Foreign Born Workers ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200312
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  South Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Koedam, Robert E. ; Struttmann, Timothy
• Volume:
  2003
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025545
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-100565
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  2003/05/29
• Resource Number:
  FACE 2003-12
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167315/cdc_167315_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 346.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:595fbb4f2e1411866b6c6d564419eecc5e15d5db370d8f6763ee123e63d782a7f04fd99acf79e72c0e7a5bc2d9f63c4689faeb61325c5eef2f1e246d968edd78