OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221584659
J & J EARTHWORKS, INC.
WATERTOWN, SD—
Event description
Employee is killed when pinned by excavator
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on July 25, 2023, an employee was helping guide an excavator with an operator running it to dig out a payload that was stuck in gravel. The operator of the excavator struck the employee and pinned his body up against the glass of the payloader, crushing him. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 516
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