Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118881.015 - Employee is killed when struck by rope under tension

Accident Summary Nr: 118881.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 08/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1422643.015	08/09/2019		237130	Traf-Tex Inc.

Abstract: At 2:42 p.m. on August 8, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a traffic control systems company, was working at a heavy construction project. As a backhoe pulled rope and conduit from an underground pull box, he used a small traffic sign to redirect the path of the rope. He was monitoring the tension on the rope when the traffic sign bent in half. The rope struck Employee #1 and pushed him into a truck. He sustained blunt force trauma injuries to the head and was killed.

Keywords: Backhoe, Brain, Caught Between, Conduit, Construction, Head, Rope, Struck Against, Struck By, Traffic Control, Truck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1422643.015	49	M	Fatality		Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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