Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201021276 - Employee's leg fractured in ATV crash

Accident Summary Nr: 201021276 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 08/15/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300749215	08/17/2007	1711	238210	Hudson Mechanical Inc.

Abstract: At 4:35 p.m. on August 15, 2007, Employee #1, who was working for an industrial piping company, was driving a Polaris Ranger 700 EFI 6x6 ATV when he swerved to avoid an animal and crashed into a tree. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, VEHICLE, CONSTRUCTION, LOST CONTROL, CART, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	1	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300749215			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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