Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 91553.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Transport Stand

Accident Summary Nr: 91553.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/19/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1198745.015	12/20/2016		237110	Central Florida Underground, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on December 19, 2016, an employee was the fire watch at the work site. A coworker who was waiting for an excavator to move a pipe from his truck got into a second excavator to move a vibratory hammer. The coworker swung the excavator and found that the employee was in the swing radius of the hammer. The employee was killed when the transport stand for the hammer detached itself and struck them in their head.

Keywords: Excavator, Head, Struck By

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1198745.015	63	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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