Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202081170 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Flying Rock

Accident Summary Nr: 202081170 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 09/27/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316067651	09/27/2011	0783	561730	Outdoor Life, Inc.

Abstract: On September 27, 2011, Employee #1 was operating a Bobcat skidder with a bucket full of landscape debris. While was moving across the site with the bucket raised approximately 3 ft above the ground, the skidder struck a depression in the soft ground. A rock bounced out of the bucket, went through the windshield, and landed between Employee #1's knees, wedging his legs against the sides of the cab. He sustained lacerations.

Keywords: KNEE, ROCK, LOADER BUCKET, PINNED, LACERATION, LOADER, SKIDDER, UNSTABLE SOIL, FLYING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316067651			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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