Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138284.015 - Employee fractures leg, incurs cardiac arrest, and later die

Accident Summary Nr: 138284.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1548520.015	08/19/2021		236220	Precision Engineering & Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on August 16, 2021, an employee assisted an excavator operator to move a section of fencing from a driveway that was scheduled to be paved. While guiding a twelve-foot section of fencing held in the excavator bucket, the employee tripped over a section of electrical wiring and conduit sticking out of the ground. The employee fell and received a leg fracture and other unspecified leg injuries and taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment. Later that day, the employee went into cardiac arrest and died from complications caused by the leg injuries.

Keywords: Cardiac Arrest, Conduit, Excavator, Fence, Fracture, Guide, Leg, Operator, Road Paving, Tripped, Undrgrd Power Line

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1548520.015	48	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 0 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 0 feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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