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Accident: 105978.015 - Employee Leg Is Struck And Injured By Excavator Shaker Head
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1311683.015 | 04/26/2018 | Rb Construction Inc |
At 8:15 a.m. on April 26, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a constr uction company, were working at a multiemployer construction project, a new park ing lot for tractor trailers. The coworker was operating an excavator to drive 5-foot rebar rods into 20-foot logs. Employee #1 was using a 3-foot pipe to pre vent the rebar rods from bending during this process. During a repositioning of the excavator's shaker head, the shaker head disengaged from the excavator arm and struck Employee #1's left leg. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple i njuries to his leg that required multiple surgeries.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contractor's yard/facility | New project or new addition | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1311683.015 | 21 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction Laborer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Traffic protection FatCause: |