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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30002458506/03/199717940A. 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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