Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200513026 - Employee Dies from Injuries Caused by Flying Clump of Clay

Accident Summary Nr: 200513026 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 08/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305289589	08/15/2002	4212	0	R J Zavoral And Sons Inc

Abstract: On August 14, 2002, Employee #1 was using a tandem-axle dump truck to hauling loads of clay in a pit to a levy system. At the moment when he left his truck to help a coworker, an excavator operator was swinging a bucket with a load of clay in Employee #1's direction. The operator, seeing that the bucket or the boom might strike Employee #1, stopped the boom abruptly. This caused that a large piece of the cohesive clay broke away from bucket and struck Employee #1's torso in the area of his kidneys. Employee #1 later died of complications resulting from his injuries.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, EXCAVATION, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TORSO, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, CONTUSION, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305289589			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Truck drivers, heavy

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