Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200611580 - Employee killed when struck by boom of excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 200611580 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 10/17/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304563489	10/21/2003	1794	238910	Ross Construction Company

Abstract: On October 17, 2003, Employee #1, of the Ross Construction Company, was using a Kobelco K905 LCII excavator. For some reason, as the boom was coming down, he apparently stuck his head out the cab's right window opening. The piston on the inside of the boom struck Employee #1, pushing his head against the metal edge of the cab's window opening. He suffered avulsion of both ears, a fractured jaw and face, and lacerations to the main artery in his neck that resulted in this death. Employee #1 owned the excavator and had removed the right window of the cab prior to the accident

Keywords: WORK RULES, DEGLOVED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, ARTERY, FACE

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			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304563489			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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