OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221322936

Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Commercial Building,Construction,Construction vehicle,Disassemble,Equipment Operator,Excavation,Excavator,Fracture,Inexperience,Insufficient Supervision,Laceration,Lack of Work Procedures,Leg,Material Handling,Safety Device,Struck By,Trench,Trench Box,Weather,Wrong Equipment

2020-12-01T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Commercial Building,Construction,Construction vehicle,Disassemble,Equipment Operator,Excavation,Excavator,Fracture,Inexperience,Insufficient Supervision,Laceration,Lack of Work Procedures,Leg,Material Handling,Safety Device,Struck By,Trench,Trench Box,Weather,Wrong Equipment
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221322936
Report ID: 0522500
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee fractures leg when struck by spreader bar in excava

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
853

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