Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139485.015 - Employee sustains head and leg trauma when struck by excavat

Accident Summary Nr: 139485.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 09/11/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554572.015	09/21/2021		561311	Lc Personnel, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on September 11, 2021, an employee working as a construction laborer for a staffing company was working on a client job site. The employee was assisting a coworker who was operating an excavator. The coworker was piledriving poles into the ground of a new restaurant construction site. The employee was struck by the excavator. The heavy equipment was provided by the general contractor and was operated by a subcontractor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crush injury to his left leg and head trauma.

Keywords: Backhoe Boom, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Bucket , Commercial Building, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Incorrect Equipment, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pile Driver, Reflective Vest, Restaurant, Skull, Staffing Agency, Struck By, Supervision, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Wrong Equipment

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1554572.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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