Fatality Narrative: Laborer Struck by Excavator Bucket

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On February 16, 2007, a laborer died after being struck by an excavator bucket while securing demolition debris in the back of a dump truck. The 30-year-old victim had been working for a construction contractor for nearly four months. The victim, another laborer, and the employer were working at a residential site where they were demolishing a garage. The employer was operating an excavator to load the debris into the back of a dump truck. The two laborers were working inside the dump truck bed to distribute and secure the debris. As the excavator bucket was starting to swing away from the dump truck the victim stood up and was struck in the head by the bucket and crushed against the dump truck bed wall. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Education Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Communication Systems Demolition Industry Equipment Design Equipment Maintenance Equipment Operation Equipment Operators Equipment Reliability Excavation Equipment Excavations Fatalities Hazards Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries Visual Fields Work Environment Workers Worker Safety Work Zone

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• 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:20051713
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-68-2008, 2008 Mar; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• 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 struck by excavator bucket
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0982b48b24366d0f881265b13e8b8ee127bdd03edbcb4824a4b20f0dc774ed069765d289241b38a289b7b733f8b38e270ac1ccee116984252e95c67759529608
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228805/cdc_228805_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 61.21 KB ]