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Accident Summary Nr: 112899.015 - Employee operating excavator incurs multiple injuries when v

Accident Summary Nr: 112899.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/30/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1373464.015	01/24/2019		238190	Shasta Landscaping Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on August 30, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a landscaping company, was engaged in landscaping for a new single family community. He was operating a Bobcat E-32 Compact Excavator and excavating a shallow horizontal trench across a steep slope/hill. The excavator arm hit a rock or other hard object, causing the machine's tracks to lift up. The excavator became unbalanced, overturned onto its side, and slid down the hill. Employee #1, who was wearing a seat belt and hard hat, remained belted inside the excavator. The machine came to rest on its side with Employee #1 hanging by his seat belt until other employees cut him out. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of head pain, bruises and abrasions, and a knee injury.

Keywords: Abrasion, Caught In, Contusion, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Excavator, Hard Hat, Head, Knee, Landscaping, Overturn, PPE, Residential Construction, Seat Belt, Slide, Slope, Struck Against, Tracks, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1373464.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause:

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