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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #969550

ROCK,PINNED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HIP,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
ROCK,PINNED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HIP,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
969550
Report ID
854910

Event description

TWO EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE CLEANING SOIL FROM AN AREA WHERE A POND AND WATERFALL W RED A DISLOCATED HIP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ALSO STRUCK AND SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES . BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED. ERE BEING LANDSCAPED. THEY WERE SHOVELING THE SOIL INTO THE BUCKET OF A PARKED B OBCAT LOADER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT OF THE PARKED BOBCAT. A 6 FOOT HIGH ROCK, PART OF THE POND'S LANDSCAPING THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE THE P REVIOUS FALL, WAS LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE POND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING IN TH E POND TALKING TO THE OTHER EMPLOYEES AS THEY WORKED WHEN THE 6 FOOT HIGH ROCK C AME LOOSE AND FELL INTO THE POND. THE EMPLOYEE SITTING ON THE BOBCAT YELLED A WA RNING TO THE WORKERS IN THE POND. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, H OWEVER EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PINNED AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK BY THE FALLING ROCK AND SUFFE

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    2
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    9
    Part of body
    14
    Event type
    2
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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