Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202475398 - Employee Dies of Heart Attack Related to Head Trauma

Accident Summary Nr: 202475398 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 03/09/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312660475	03/09/2009	1791	238190	Majich Bros., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on March 9, 2009, Employee #1, an equipment operator with Majich Bros. Inc., was found on the ground by a dump truck operator on a road at a construction site. Employee #1 was bleeding profusely from the back of his head. Nearby at that time was a backhoe (Model Number 580 Super M, Serial Number N5C387146) that was stationary and shut down. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead about two hours later. An autopsy was performed by the Los Angeles Coroner, who ruled that the cause of death was sudden death cardiac arrest. Other employees were digging trenches at the site at the time of the accident, but none witnessed the accident.

Keywords: HEART, HEAD, INSTALLING, DRAIN PIPE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, TRENCH, CARDIAC ARREST, PIPELINE, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000		4	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312660475			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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