Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 35416.015 - Employee in helicopter crash is killed.

Accident Summary Nr: 35416.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 11/27/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
764002.015	11/28/2012		237130	Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On November 27, 2012, Employee #1 was elevated by a helicopter 50 feet above the ground sitting in a seat installing travelers on the lower arm of a transmission line tower. The helicopter lost power and fell to the ground pulling the Employee #1 with it. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Helicopter

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	764002.015	23	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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