Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121639.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries when crushed by falling

Accident Summary Nr: 121639.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1444532.015	11/13/2019		236115	Jmn Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on November 8, 2019, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a construction contractor. The employee was assisting Coworker #1 with driving sheet piling during the construction of a new bridge over the tributary for a creek. They were driving sheets of 28-foot piling into the ground on the north side of the creek. Coworker #1 was guiding the sheets as Coworker #2 was lowering the sheets by crane. The employee was standing next to Coworker #1 communicating his commands to Coworker #2. The crane had a HPSI 300XL vibratory hammer attached. While Coworker #1 was guiding the suspended sheet piling into the grove of a previously driven sheet, the suspended sheet and hammer suddenly dropped while still attached to the crane. The employee was struck and crushed by the hammer. Weather conditions on that day were fair with no precipitation. The temperature was 40 degrees Fahrenheit with 18 mph winds and gusts up to 26 mph. The employee's left arm was crushed, he sustained facial fractures, and broke his tibia and fibula in his left leg, requiring hospitalization. The employee's arm had to be medically amputated.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bridge, Bridging, Broken Bone, Competent Person, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Crane, Crane Load, Crane Operator, Crushed, Face, Falling Object, Fracture, Inspection, Laceration, Leg, Machine operator, Pile Driver, Steel Sheet Piling, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Suspended Load, Tibia, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1444532.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause:

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