Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200997658 - Employee Is Killed When Struck in Head by Excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 200997658 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/10/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313190332	06/01/2009	1794	238910	Gradex Inc.

Abstract: On June 1, 2009, an employee was laying across the spreader bar of a trench box while adjusting the hook on the excavator to receive the hoist chain, used to move the 36-in. concrete pipe. The operator moved the arm to reconnect to chain, pinning and crushing the employee's head between the excavator arm and spreader bar. The employee later died after being taken off life support, June 10, 2009.

Keywords: HEAD, TRENCH BOX, PINNED, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, SPREADER BAR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313190332			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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