Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152992.015 - Employee dies of head trauma when struck by falling crowbar

Accident Summary Nr: 152992.015 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 12/09/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1638973.015	12/12/2022		541330	Technical Engineering Construction Services Tecs, Llc

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on December 9, 2022, an employee who worked as as an Engineering Technician for an engineering services firm was testing concrete on the new addition of a commercial building. A ten pound metal crowbar fell from one of the floors of the structure and struck the employee in the head. The employee incurred blunt force trauma injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Commercial Building, Concrete, Construction, Falling Object, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Metal Bar, Skull, Struck By, Testing, Unprotected

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			8		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1638973.015	50	M	Fatality		Engineering technicians, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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