Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201793965 - Employee injured when pole crashes through cab of excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 201793965 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 01/18/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119825750	01/29/2001	1622	0	Fci Constructors

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on January 18, 2001, Employee #1 was operating a loader stripping asphalt and putting it in a pile. Another worker asked Employee #1 to use the excavator to remove a wooden power pole. The pole was 26 inches in diameter and 39 ft tall. Employee #1 using a Kobel Trackho, Model Number SK330lC, Serial Number YCO6-W0259 excavator to dig around the pole. Employee #1 had just dumped his 3rd shovel full of dirt and was swinging back when the pole fell. The pole crashed through the cab and struck Employee #1 on the head. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a blunt trauma to his head and neck and is paralyzed from the chest down.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, HEAD, PARALYSIS, PINNED, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, LOADER, NECK, STRUCK BY

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119825750			Hospitalized injury	Other	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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