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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 116147.015 - Employee Fractures Arm When Struck By Excavator Bucket

**Accident: 116147.015 -- Report ID: 0728100 -- Event Date: 05/01/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1399888.015	05/07/2019		Valley Construction Company

At 3:00 p.m. on May 1, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, wa s installing a water main at a military facility. He was operating an excavator when the excavator's hydraulic line burst. The employee was struck by the exca vator bucket. He was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for tre atment of a fractured right arm and internal organ damage.

Keywords: arm, blunt force trauma, bucket , construction, equipment operator, excavation, excavator, falling object, fracture, hydraulic line, pipeline, powered industrial vehicle, projectile, struck by

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1399888.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause:

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