| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-08 | Broken Arrow | Ok | Trawick Construction Company, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee walked up to a mini excavator being operated by a co-worker. The employee was struck by the excavator track, resulting in fractures to their lower right leg. | |||||
| 2021-11-03 | Plantation | Fl | Davco Electrical Contractors Corp. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had put a strap in a mini excavator bucket. It fell out and he went to put it back in. The employee's right hand was clamped in the bucket and fractured. | |||||
| 2021-10-29 | Clewiston | Fl | Energy Erectors, Inc. | Pelvis | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was digging a trench using a mini excavator. The edge of the trench caved in and he slipped and fell about 6 feet. He suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2021-09-30 | West Hartford | Ct | R.H. White Construction Co., Inc. | Lumbar region | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee was loading a dump truck using a mini excavator. The employee dumped the load and backed up when the mini excavator tipped over and leaned against a tree. The employee jumped out of the excavator and landed on the ground, resulting in a lower back injury. | |||||
| 2021-06-23 | Whitehall | Pa | Schuermann Excavating, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee's foot was partially run over by a moving mini excavator track, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
| 2021-05-25 | Miami | Fl | Archer Western Construction / de Moya JV | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| On May 25, 2021, an employee was walking toward his work area when a rubber-track mini excavator backed into him. The track ran over his right foot, causing an open fracture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-25 | Oklahoma City | Ok | JORDAN CONTRACTORS, INC | Brain | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was working near a mini excavator and was struck by the excavator's bucket. The employee sustained a brain bleed. | |||||
| 2020-02-20 | Argyle | Texas | Robson Ranch Denton HOA, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was standing next to a mini excavator being used to push PVC pipe under a golf cart path when the PVC pipe shattered. He was struck in the left eye by a piece of the shattered PVC pipe. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | Houston | Texas | Online Directional Boring | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was sweeping a curb when his left foot was run over by a reversing mini excavator. His left foot broke. | |||||
| 2019-05-13 | Orlando | Florida | Benchmark Hospitality at Grand Cypress, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing a pin on the lift cylinder of a mini excavator when the cylinder fell. He tried to catch the cylinder and his right ring finger was crushed between the cylinder and the blade, causing a dislocation with an open wound. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Fort Worth | Texas | Cole Construction, Inc. | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a mini excavator to excavate 15 inches of dirt for a flower bed when the excavator rolled over, hitting an employee that was spotting for a gas line. The injured employee suffered a fractured pelvis on the left side. | |||||
| 2019-03-06 | Jackson | Georgia | Central Georgia EMC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| As it backed up, a mini excavator ran over an employee's left leg and broke it. | |||||
| 2018-08-21 | Donna | Texas | MVP Installations,LP Yard | Fingertip(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was clearing brush along a fence line using a mini excavator when a small branch fell onto the controls, pinching his finger between the control arm and the branch. His fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2018-07-31 | Nederland | Texas | United Rentals | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attaching the blade attachment to a mini excavator. His finger was caught between the rack and the attachment resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-04-05 | Fort Worth | Texas | HEC Holdings Electrical Contractors, LP | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was watching a mini excavator operator drive the equipment when the excavator ran over and fractured the employee's right leg. | |||||
| 2017-05-19 | Rockwall | Texas | T&D Solutions Ltd | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was offloading a mini excavator when he noticed that the trailer didn't fold back properly to its flat position. He tried to push it back down to lock it in place and was checking how much farther it need to go when the trailer came down on his left index finger and crushed his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-15 | Lubbock | Texas | C and D Waste | Face | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was practicing with the mini excavator when he became trapped between the boom and the cage of the mini excavator. The employee sustained broken bones in the upper face. | |||||
| 2016-08-10 | Bethel | Missouri | Sharpe Holdings, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was putting in a steel post approximately 6 feet tall and 6 inches in diameter when he was struck by the bucket of a mini excavator. His hand was caught between the top of the post and the bucket of the excavator, amputating his left-hand pinky and ring fingertips. | |||||
| 2016-08-09 | Houston | Texas | Miller Pipeline Corporation | Thigh(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was offloading a termite mini excavator from a trailer when the excavator missed the ramp and began to tip over. The employee dismounted the excavator and broke the left femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-06-24 | Calera | Alabama | Broadband Technical Resources, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a mini excavator on a slope when the excavator tipped over and rolled over the employee's ankle, breaking it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-09 | Harrison | Arkansas | GOLD MECHANICAL | Hip(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was shoveling gravel into a 1-foot trench by a partition wall. The site supervisor was operating a mini excavator near the partition wall while the employee was working on the opposite side. The mini excavator bumped into the wall, causing it to fall to pieces. Some of the pieces fell on and broke the employee's hip. | |||||
| 2016-03-03 | Kenner | Louisiana | Woodward Design + Build | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| An employee was checking on a mini-excavator being worked on by a subcontractor. As he walked around the mini excavator, a hydraulic failure caused the extended boom to drop and strike the employee in the upper back area, cracking vertebrae. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Bryan | Texas | Prince Irrigation Inc. | Hip(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was conducting site preparation using a mini excavator when the vehicle flipped over, causing him to break his hip. | |||||
| 2015-11-15 | Pasadena | Texas | L-Con INC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A worker was struck by a mini excavator moving in reverse. It rolled over his right foot and fractured the tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2015-07-20 | Cleveland | Ohio | Independence Excavating Inc. | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was operating a mini excavator, removing a floor slab in the west annex of the green mile. The floor slab gave way, and the excavator fell one floor. The employee sustained a concussion and a severe laceration to the right forearm. | |||||