Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171045156 - Employee suffers compound fracture when leg struck by rail

Accident Summary Nr: 171045156 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 06/21/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126678440	06/21/1995	5093	0	Pacific Railroad Salvage Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, of Pacific Railroad Salvage, was attaching railtongs to a rail in preparation for a backhoe to pick it up. The rail was under one of the backhoe's outriggers. When the backhoe began to pick up the rail, it popped out from under the outrigger and swung around, hitting Employee #1 in his left leg. He sustained a compound fracture for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OUTRIGGER, RAIL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, TONGS, BACKHOE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126678440			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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