Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141249.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 141249.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 11/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1564654.015	11/18/2021		237990	Colom Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on November 16, 2021, Employee #1 was operating an excavator to per form site clearing and excavation work. Employee #1 was operating the excavator to remove a tree when the tree fell into the cab, striking and killing the emplo yee.

Keywords: chest, construction, ditch, equipment operator, excavation, excavator, operator, site clearing, struck by, tree

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1564654.015	52	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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