Accident Report Detail
Accident: 101265.015 - Employee Strikes Head On Excavator Bucket Resulting In Brain
Accident: 101265.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/19/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1271494.015 | 10/19/2017 | Horizon Underground, Llc | |||||
On October 19, 2017, Employee #1, employed by an excavation company, was engaged in excavation work at a multiemployer construction project. After helping to c lean up a shallow pit of debris, he began to climb out of the pit. Employee #1 struck his head against an excavator bucket. Emergency services were called, an d Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a sub-acute cerebellar infarction. | |||||||
Keywords:
access/egress, brain, cleaning, construction, excavation, excavator, head, pit, struck against
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other heavy construction | New project or new addition | 0 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1271494.015 | 42 | M | Hospitalized injury | Excavating and loading machine operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: |