OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818054
BLOOD CLOT,TRIPPED,BACKHOE,LEG,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,CONCRETE PIPE,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee later dies of blood clot from crushed leg
Investigation abstract
On March 27, 1989, Employee #1 was working in a trench approximately 3 to 5 ft d eep by 6 ft wide. He tripped and fell as a piece of concrete reinforced pipe wei ghing approximately 1,460 lb was being lowered by a Caterpillar 225 trackhoe equ ipped with an 18 in. wide rock bucket, causing the pipe to hit and rest on his l eg. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital and admitted for a crushed shin bone. On March 28, 1989, the hospital operated on his leg. On March 30, Employee #1 di ed of a blood clot.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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