Accident Report Detail
Accident: 130591.015 - Employee Strikes Shovel Handle And Is Killed
Accident: 130591.015 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 04/28/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1475754.015 | 05/20/2020 | Versa Grade | |||||
At 1:30 p.m. on April 28, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer project, the construction of a residential struc ture. He jumped into a trench and made contact with a shovel handle sticking ou t from the ground inside the excavation. The shovel handle struck the employee' s throat, causing a traumatic injury to the right carotid artery. Employee #1 w as killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
artery, blunt force trauma, excavation, residential construction, shovel, struck against, throat, trench
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 1 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1475754.015 | 58 | M | Fatality | Construction Laborer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: |