Accident Report Detail
Accident: 109719.015 - Employee Suffers Burns In Explosion, Later Dies From Heart A
Accident: 109719.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 10/01/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1350793.015 | 10/03/2018 | Radford And Nix Construction, Llc | |||||
At 10:38 p.m. on September 26, 2018, an employee was operating a John Deere trac tor with Kingkutter 6-foot bushhog mower cutting down chest high vegetation in r emote area of the site. The employee backed up the tractor and the mower struck a 40 cubic foot acetylene gas cylinder that was hidden by the tall vegetation. The employee was caught in the explosion and was hospitalized with second and t hird degree burns to his arms, neck, chest, back and face. The employee died on October 7, 2018 while still in the hospital from a heart attack. | |||||||
Keywords:
acetylene, arm, backing up, burn, chest, explosion, face, lawn mower, neck, tank, tractor
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 0 | 0 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1350793.015 | 42 | M | Fatality | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: |