Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200775047 - Employee Is Struck by Excavation Equipment, Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200775047 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/27/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310878103	03/27/2007	1623	237110	Curly Customs, Llc

Abstract: On March 27, 2007, an employee and a coworker were assigned to service two excavators at a construction site, including removing a grapple unit and replacing it with a bucket on a Komatsu excavator. While the coworker was in excavator cab with the engine running, the employee was attempting to uncouple and remove the grapple, requiring removal of a boom attachment pin for the grapple's fixed position brace. The employee was using a piece of large diameter rebar and sledgehammer to remove the boom attachment pin. When the pin was driven out the other side, the grapple fixed position brace moved causing the rebar to recoil and strike the employee on the head. The employee sustained severe head injury, trauma, and died three days later.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, HEAD, REBAR, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310878103			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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