Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114965.015 - Employee pries boulders loose, is caught between two boulder

Accident Summary Nr: 114965.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/12/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1354160.015	10/17/2018		238910	Van Winden Landscaping Inc

Abstract: At 1:16 p.m. on October 12, 2018, an employee stood on a boulder in a container mounted on a Palfinger Palift system attached to a Chevy C7500 truck while in the inclined position to pry the boulders loose in order to dump them. The container held eight boulders (weighing approximately two thousand pounds apiece) that were delivered for a landscaping job. The employee used a pry bar to release the boulders and was caught between and pinned by two boulders when they released and began to roll. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to treat crush injuries to the left leg.

Keywords: Boulder, Caught Between, Container, Crushed, Crushing, Fracture, Landscaping, Leg, Pinned, Pry Bar, Truck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1354160.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause:

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