Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 150487.015 - Employee Dies From Head Injury Incurred During Fall
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1628144.015 | 10/14/2022 | 541330 | Terracon Consultants, Inc. |
Abstract: At 1:40 p.m. on September 26, 2022, an employee was working in an engineering test laboratory as a technician. The employee was performing a lab test using a hydrometer to determine soil particular size. At some point between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., the employee fell and struck the back of his head against the linoleum covered concrete floor. The employee was working alone and the incident was unwitnessed, although a coworker was working in the next room. The employee was found face down in a pool of blood with a head laceration by a coworker who called emergency services. The employee was transported to the emergency room, where he died from brain injury caused by the fall.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1628144.015 | 74 | M | Fatality | Industrial engineering technicians |