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Accident Summary Nr: 142106.015 - Employee is struck by falling snowplow blade, falls, and rec

Accident Summary Nr: 142106.015 -- Report ID: 0551702 -- Event Date: 12/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569562.015	12/20/2021		237310	Monmouth Township Road Department

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on December 10, 2021, an employee worked to place a snowplow blade on top of another piece of equipment to store it. The snowplow blade was rigged and hoisted using a backhoe bucket and as the blade reached the final resting spot, the chain shifted, or a hook detached, and the snowplow blade fell and rolled towards the employee. The employee was struck by the snowplow blade and knocked backwards and fell approximately ten feet, struck a metal object and then landed on a wood post. The employee was hospitalized to treat lacerations and contusions to the left side of the head, a spine injury, and rib fractures on the left side.

Keywords: Backhoe, Backhoe Bucket, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Metal, Rib, Snowplow Blade, Spine, Struck Against, Struck By, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1569562.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Highway Maintenance Worker

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