Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104599.015 - Employee injured when struck by tipped over wheel

Accident Summary Nr: 104599.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/28/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1299451.015	03/06/2018		562212	Quinn Group Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 p.m. on December 28, 2017, an employee at a landfill was repairing the front wheel hub and tire assembly of a Caterpillar model 824K, SN#23400258 box scrapper bull dozer. The wheel tipped over and struck the employee when the retaining nut threads failed. The wheel was not secured with a safety chain. The employee sustained two fractures to the pelvis and urethra separation from their bladder.

Keywords: Bladder, Bulldozer, Fracture, Landfill, Pelvis, Severed

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
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Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1299451.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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