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Accident Summary Nr: 119947760 - Employee's leg injured when loader overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 119947760 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/08/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119947760	07/24/2000	0781	0	Blixseth Companies

Abstract: At 10:40 a.m. on May 8, 2000, Employees #1 and #2, landscapers employed by Blixseth Companies, were riding in the cab of a front end loader as it rode along a golf course access in Rancho Mirage. The loader rolled over and into a concrete-lined storm drain channel. Employee #1 sustained multiple injuries, including a fractured left leg. He was transported by paramedics to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, where he was hospitalized for 26 days. Employee #2 sustained minor injuries, for which he was treated but not hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FRONT END LOADER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, LOST CONTROL, MOTOR VEHICLE, LEG, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119947760			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, mechanics and repairers
2	119947760			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Grader, dozer and scraper operators

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