Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200020352 - Employee injured in fall from backhoe bucket, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200020352 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 05/31/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300024585	06/03/1997	1794	0	A. Sturm

Abstract: Employee #1 was riding in the bucket of a rubber-tired backhoe when he either dropped or fell 8 ft onto the asphalt. He was air-evacuated to the hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery the next day and had one-quarter of his brain removed. Employee #1 died on Tuesday, June 3, 1997.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET, BRAIN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300024585			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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