Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133114.015 - Employee incurs concussion when struck in head by loader buc

Accident Summary Nr: 133114.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 01/22/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1511542.015	01/25/2021		237110	Connell Resources, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on January 22, 2021, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were working on a road repair project. Employee #1 was watching as his coworker operated a front end loader to scrape frozen aggregate from a sidewalk. Thinking the loader had completed the scraping in that space, Employee #1 moved forward with a torch to melt the frozen aggregate that had been scraped. However, the loader operator moved the loader bucket to do a second scrape. Employee #1, who was wearing a hard hat, was struck in the head by the bucket. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a concussion and a strained neck.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Construction, Equipment Operator, Front End Loader, Frozen, Hard Hat, Head, Loader Bucket, Neck, PPE, Rehabilitation, Repair, Sprain, Struck By, Torch, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation				0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1511542.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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