Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201201589 - Employee injured when struck by steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201201589 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 10/02/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304746688	10/04/2001	1794	0	Joe M Wadsworth

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on October 2, 2001, Employee #1, an excavator operator working for JM Wadsworth Company, was injured when he was struck by a steel beam that entered the operator's compartment of the excavator when it was ejected from the bucket of the excavator. The employee sustained a fractured left knee and a broken finger on his left hand. His left hand was also lacerated and required sutures. The employee was given first aid while in the operator's compartment and was then transported by paramedics to Albany General Hospital in Albany, Oregon.

Keywords: KNEE, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304746688			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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