OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221481419

FLOWERWOOD NURSERY, INC.

MOBILE, AL— 2022-08-04T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket, Caught Between, Chain, Connecting, Crushed, Excavator, Head, Loader, Loader Bucket, Mud Pit, Stuck
NAICS: 444220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346100043
Employer profile: FLOWERWOOD NURSERY, INC.
Summary number: 221481419
Report ID: 0418600

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed between excavator and loader

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on August 4, 2022, an employee, a supervisor, was attempting to bucket of the excavator. The employee died due to blunt force trauma to the head. attach a chain to the bucket of the LB 544H loader and the arm of the Kubota KX 161-3 mini excavator to get the excavator out of mud. The operator was in the mini excavator trying to drive forward. The operator had the bucket at the max height, approximately 15 feet in the air, and was attempting to drive forward. The operator of the excavator was looking at the ground and the tracks and thought he was using the drive lever but was actually using the lever that raises and lowers the bucket. The operator lowered the bucket and pinned the employee on the ground with his head between the bucket of the loader and the

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 67 M

Event type
2

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