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Accident Summary Nr: 202442877 - Employee Is Injured When Run over by Excavator

Accident Summary Nr: 202442877 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/27/2005
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30745919802/02/20061791238120Pacific Coast Steel Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:10 p.m. on December 27, 2005, Employee #1, an ironworker working for Pacific Coast Steel Inc., was walking a 150-pound rebar column dowel that was hung from the left fork of the Gradall excavator, Model Number GD9-049, when he slipped and fell under the machine's left front tire. He suffered a fractured left leg and injuries to his right foot. He was transported to Riverside Community Hospital, where he was admitted for surgery and hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REBAR, IRON WORKER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, EXCAVATOR, FALL, RUN OVER, LEG
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Other building New project or new addition $20,000,000 and over 3

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 307459198 Hospitalized injury Fracture Structural metal workers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Erecting structural steel
Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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