Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133702.015 - Employee suffers elbow fracture while caught between trench

Accident Summary Nr: 133702.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1485591.015	07/28/2020		237310	Granite Construction Company

Abstract: At 1:25 p.m. on April 28, 2020, Employee #1 was working for a highway/street construction contractor. Employee #1 was a general laborer for an underground line installation project. Employee #1 was removing a sling hook which was connecting an excavator to a trench box. Employee #1 reached through the space between two trench boxes to reach the hook instead of using the ladder to go over the trench box. One of the trench boxes shifted and pinned the arm of Employee #1 against the other box. Employee #1 suffered a fractured/dislocated elbow and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Attachment Hook, Caught Between, Disconnected, Disconnecting, Dislocated, Elbow, Excavation, Excavator, Fracture, Highway, Load Shift, Reach, Reaching, Trench, Trench Box

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1485591.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers

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