Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200271732 - EMPLOYEE DIES of injuries after fall from loader bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200271732 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 06/06/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310796768	06/20/2007	1623	237130	M B Contract Telephone Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:10 p.m. on June 6, 2007, Employee #1 and coworkers were on day 6 of a 13-day process to bury 18,000 ft of fiber optic cable for the telephone company. Employee #1 and a coworker were using a Case loader/backhoe, model 580 Super L, PIN JJG0274582, to move a 4 ft square road construction sign. Employee #1 put the construction sign in the bucket of the loader and then got in the bucket to move the sign down the road between 500 and 600 ft. The coworker was driving the vehicle when Employee #1 fell approximately 2 ft from the bucket of the loader, striking his head on the pavement. He was transported to the hospital, where he died the following day due to head injuries sustained in the fall.

Keywords: HEAD, LOADER/BACKHOE, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, LOADER, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		2	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310796768			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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