Type A Accident Investigation Subcontractor Fatality at the Pond B Dam Upgrade Project on July 26, 2004 at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina

摘要

On July 26, 2004, at approximately 3:15 p.m., a truck driver (driver) was critically injured at the Savannah River Site, while loading a rented excavator onto a lowboy trailer for return to the rental company. The accident occurred when a teamster from GradeSouth, Inc., a construction sub-tier contractor, and a truck driver from Guthrie Grading and Hauling attempted to reposition an outrigger plank on the lowboy trailer. The plank had become dislodged when the excavator was being positioned on the trailer. The teamster used the excavator's boom to lift one of the excavator tracks off the trailer so that the driver could reposition the plank under the track. The excavator dropped (moved) while the driver was repositioning the plank, and the driver suffered critical and subsequently fatal injuries. The direct cause of the fatality was crushing injuries resulting from movement of the excavator during loading operations.