Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130591.015 - Employee strikes shovel handle and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 130591.015 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 04/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1475754.015	05/20/2020		236117	Versa Grade

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on April 28, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer project, the construction of a residential structure. He jumped into a trench and made contact with a shovel handle sticking out from the ground inside the excavation. The shovel handle struck the employee's throat, causing a traumatic injury to the right carotid artery. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Artery, Blunt force trauma, Excavation, Residential Construction, Shovel, Struck Against, Throat, Trench

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1475754.015	58	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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