Accident Report Detail

Accident: 131597.015 - Employee Fractures Back When Struck By Sand Plug

**Accident: 131597.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/14/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1497534.015	11/16/2020		Superior Groundcover Inc.

At 11:00 a.m. on August 14, 2020, an employee was unplugging a sand feed tube. T he plug flew out of the line and struck the employee knocking him down a hill. T he employee fractured his vertebra from impact with the ground, requiring medica l treatment. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: back, blunt force, blunt force trauma, clogged, flying object, fracture, landscaping, material handling, projectile, sand, struck by, vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature
1	1497534.015	33	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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