Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170700355 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170700355 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/03/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112171160	11/03/1993	8711	0	Schaefer - Dixon Co.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A SOILS TECHNICIAN FOR SCHAEFER-DIXON ASSOCIATES IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, WAS TAKING SOIL SAMPLES IN A DITCH. HE RETURNED TO HIS TRUCK, AND THEN RETURNED TO THE DITCH TO TAKE ANOTHER SAMPLE. THE EARTH MOVING MACHINE OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIM RETURN TO THE DITCH, HOWEVER, AND STARTED OPERATING HIS MACHINE IN THAT AREA. HIS MACHINE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 A GLANCING BLOW, BREAKING SEVERAL OF HIS RIBS AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSING HIS LUNG. HIS LUNG WILL FULLY RECOVER AND HIS RIBS WILL MEND AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF REST.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, DITCH, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, RIB, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112171160			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Geologists and geodesists

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