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Accident: 106175.015 - Employee'S Leg Is Broken When Struck By Clump Of Dirt

**Accident: 106175.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 05/17/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1320280.015	05/30/2018		Boomerang Corp.

At 10:30 a.m. on May 17, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an excavation company, w as working at an excavation for a new pipeline. He was checking grid and settin g pipe inside the excavation when a clump of soil rolled from the spoil pile and struck his leg. Employee #1 required hospitalization and treatment for a fract ured leg.

Keywords: construction, excavation, excavator, falling object, fracture, leg, pipe, pipeline, struck by

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1320280.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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