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Accident: 143266.015 - Employee Fractures Ribs When Caught Between Railing And Exca

**Accident: 143266.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/21/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1570409.015	12/28/2021		Chickasaw County Secondary Road Department Engineers Office

At 11:25 a.m. on December 21, 2021, an employee was flagging traffic at bridge n umber 111790, along with directing the excavator operator on picks to remove deb ris from a culvert below the bridge. The excavator operator swung the excavator (Model Number 326FL Serial Number CAT0326FEFBR20765) to retrieve materials, pi nching the employee between the bridge railing and the back of the excavator. Th e employee was hospitalized to treat fractured ribs.

Keywords: bridge, caught between, excavator, fracture, pinched, rib

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1570409.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Highway Maintenance Worker

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