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Accident Summary Nr: 105147.015 - Employee is struck by falling linear rail on his head and is

Accident Summary Nr: 105147.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1312682.015	04/30/2018		237110	Mark Lee And Yong Kay, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on April 27, 2018, an employee was inside an engineered trench box/shoring system and was compacting fill at about 4 feet deep. A coworker attached a bridal chain from a CAT 420D pick point so that a linear rail could be lifted out with a backhoe. The backhoe was not large enough to remove the rail and the hook and chain slackened so additional bridal legs could be attached. The rail spun around and the safety latch on the hook broke, allowing the rail to fall into the trench box and striking the employee in the head, killing him.

Keywords: Falling Object, Head, Rail, Struck By, Trench Box

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1312682.015	47	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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