Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120700.015 - Employee is struck and killed by falling cement mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 120700.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 10/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1437702.015	10/15/2019		238140	Sun Valley Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on October 14, 2019, an employee was preparing mortar for bricklaying by feeding Spec-Mix cement from a silo into a cement mixer (Multiquip Essick, Model Number EM120SMH11.) While feeding the cement mixer, the mixer's paddles seized and the action of the motor caused the mixer to tip over onto the employee and pin him between the mixer and leg of the silo at the neck. The employee was killed due to a neck fracture.

Keywords: Caught Between, Cementing, Falling Object, Fracture, Mixer, Neck, Overturn, Silo, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1437702.015	71	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause:

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