Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600807 - Employee decapitated by excavator bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200600807 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 03/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303411276	03/28/2000	1623	0	Purser Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, age 17, was working in a trench when he was struck in the head by an excavator bucket and decapitated.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRENCH, EXCAVATOR, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, DECAPITATED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303411276			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Other

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