Fatality Narrative: Laborer Falls into Trench and Struck by Excavator Bucket

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On August 20, 2007, a laborer died after falling into a trench and being struck by an excavator bucket. The 28-year-old victim had been working for about five months with a site preparation contractor. The victim was working with a crew digging a trench for a new sewer system. He was helping the excavator operator by taking trench depth and length measurements with a tape measure. They had just finished exchanging information about measurements when the operator told the victim he was going to take another bucket of dirt away from near the victim. The operator began lowering the bucket when the victim stepped toward the bucket, slipped and fell seven feet to the trench bottom. The victim may have been trying to ride the bucket. The operator made an emergency stop of the bucket and boom, causing the bucket to bounce and pin the victim against the trench wall. The victim died of blunt force injuries to his chest and abdomen. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction
  • Construction workers
  • Hazards
  • Fatalities
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Safety
  • Safety education
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051693
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-77-2008, 2008 Dec; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: laborer falls into trench and struck by excavator bucket
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228796/cdc_228796_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 48.37 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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