OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818054
UTILITIES SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC.
SUNRISE, FL·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- HOISTING APPARATUS (24)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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