Accident Report Detail
Accident: 131283.015 - Employee Dies Of Head Injuries After Falling From Crane
Accident: 131283.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 11/21/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1503540.015 | 11/23/2020 | Southwestern Industrial Contractors & Riggers Inc. | |||||
At 5:48 p.m. on November 21, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction compa ny, was the crane operator for a crew installing a swimming pool in a residence' s backyard. Employee #1 and coworkers were setting up the crane when Employee # 1, for unknown reasons, exited the crane's cab onto the crane's platform. The c ab was positioned on the platform, which did not have guardrails. As Employee # 1 was getting back into the cab, he fell and struck his head on the pavement. E mployee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of head injuries, including a possible fractured skull. He died at the hospital a week later. | |||||||
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, crane, crane operator, elevated work platform, fall, fall protection, fracture, head, laceration, residential construction, skull, unguarded, unprotected, work surface
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | New project or new addition | X | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
1 | 1503540.015 | 59 | M | Fatality | FallDist: 10 FallHt: Cause: Swimming pool construction FatCause: |