Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 67989.015 - Employee strikes head on pavement and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 67989.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 09/08/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
995126.015	09/12/2014		541330	Stantec Consulting

Abstract: At 9:33 a.m. on September 8, 2014, an employee was at a construction site observing the digging of a trench for the instillation of piping. He was standing approximately 30 feet away near a paved roadway. During digging a skidsteer struck the end of a plastic six inch pipe that was lying beside the road where the employee was standing. The pipe pushed against two other adjacent pipes. The compression force of the three pipes being pushed together caused one of the pipes to become airborne. The falling pipe struck the employee, who fell backwards and struck his head on the paved road. Impact with the pavement caused damage to the employee's brain stem that stopped vital body functions and resulted in his death.

Keywords: Construction vehicle, Falling Object, Head, Struck Against, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	995126.015	72	M	Fatality		Engineers, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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