Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112517.015 - Employee is decapitated by helicopter blades

Accident Summary Nr: 112517.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1370893.015	01/11/2019		488190	Crew Staffing, Llc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on January 10, 2019, Employee #1 was servicing/piloting a Bell 230 helicopter. Employee #2 was in the helicopter (friend/copilot) of Employee #1. Employee #1 had exited the helicopter to disconnect the helicopter power generator, and the helicopter rose about 2 feet, came back down and the blades struck Employee #1 on the head. Employee #1 was struck on the back of the head by the helicopter blades as they were running/ rotating. The employee's head was decapitated.

Keywords: Blade, Decapitated, Head, Helicopter

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1370893.015	62	M	Fatality

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