Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953411 - Employee killed by dislodged steel panel

Accident Summary Nr: 201953411 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 04/21/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306447467	04/21/2003	1623	237110	Total Excavating,Llc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assisting in the installation of a waterline. A panel, part of an I-Con shoring system and was being removed from a tunnel by a back hoe following installation of the 36-inch water line. The panel was being slowly lifted using a jerking motion of the hoe. It got hung up on the side near where Employee #1 was standing. It became free and swung around striking Employee #1's head, killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, STEEL, SHORING, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306447467			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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