OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221557697
A & B RENTAL
GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, MI—
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by excavator
Investigation abstract
At 3:15 p.m. on April 18, 2023, Employee #1 was attempting to remove a metal pin from the bucket of an excavator. Employee #1 was holding a metal rod and was positioned between a fixed bollard and the moving excavator arm and bucket. A coworker was operating the excavator. The coworker was moving the bucket back and forth towards the metal rod that Employee #1 was holding, in an attempt to free the pin in the bucket. Employee #1 was struck in the head by the arm of the excavator and the bollard. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 889
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