Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170385959 - Employee killed when liver lacerated by shovel handle

Accident Summary Nr: 170385959 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/30/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125377333	09/30/1996	1799	0	Mitschelen Relocators Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on a project in which a two-story house had been jacked up and supported by cribs to replace the basement of the house. He was using a shovel to dig concrete debris between the west end and a concrete porch slab when vibrations from a Bobcat skid loader caused the slab to slide down toward him. As Employee #1 tried to escape, his foot became caught between loose soil and the concrete debris. The weight of the slowly moving slab pressed him east and across the part of the shovel handle that was protruding from the nearby crib. He died of blunt laceration of the liver.

Keywords: WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, LIVER, VIBRATIONS, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, HAND TOOL, SHOVEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125377333			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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