Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201081429 - Employee's leg fractured when struck by binding handle

Accident Summary Nr: 201081429 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119977395	03/08/1999	4941	0	Cawelo Water District

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on October 21, 1998, an employee was loosening the binder that secured a 16-in.-diameter by 40-ft-long steel pipe to a flatbed trailer. As he was pulling the binder handle up, it struck and fractured his right leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL, LOAD BINDER, PIPE, STRUCK BY, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119977395			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Water and sewage treatment plant operators

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