Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129605.015 - Employee suffers traumatic injury, dies in helicopter crash

Accident Summary Nr: 129605.015 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 08/24/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1493517.015	08/26/2020	0851	115310	317727822 - Central Copters Inc

Abstract: At 8:00 p.m. on August 24, 2020, an employee was flying a K-Max Helicopter hauling a water bucket used to dump water on a wildland fire when the helicopter crashed. The employee suffered bodily traumatic injuries and died in the crash.

Keywords: Aircraft, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fire, Fire Fighter, Flying Object, Heat, Helicopter, Motor Vehicle, Water, Weather

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1493517.015	40	M	Fatality		Airplane pilots and navigators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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