Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130173.015 - Employee fractures leg when hit by excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 130173.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 10/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1496511.015	10/08/2020		237110	Westland Contractors Inc.

Abstract: At 7:40 a.m. on October 2, 2020, Employee #1 was unloading tools from a truck. A coworker, the excavator operator, was sitting and waiting to get started. The truck was closer to the center of the road than normal, because pipes had been unloaded between the sidewalk and the truck. The coworker backed up the excavator to allow a car in the driveway to back out. The excavator hit Employee #1 in the leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat a fractured leg.

Keywords: Backing Up, Excavator, Fracture, Hand Tool, Leg, Pipe, Truck, Unloading

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair				0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1496511.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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