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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709436

EXCAVATION,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,UNSTABLE SOIL,ARM,BACKING UP,CONTUSION,OVERTURN,TRUCK DRIVER

Event
EXCAVATION,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,UNSTABLE SOIL,ARM,BACKING UP,CONTUSION,OVERTURN,TRUCK DRIVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
709436
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee's arm bruised when truck tips into excavation

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was backing a truck near an excavation site and drove too close to t he edge of a bank. The bank gave way and the truck tipped over into the excavati on. The employee fell against the door and sustained a bruise on his left arm. H e was taken to the hospital, where an X-ray was taken and he was released.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    6
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    588
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

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