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Accident Summary Nr: 202554242 - Employee Fractures Leg in Fall Onto Conveyor Belt

Accident Summary Nr: 202554242 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/28/2012
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31552822403/28/20125032423320John B Ewles Inc Dba Ewles Materials

Abstract: On March 28, 2012, Employee #1, a rock crusher operator, was working for an aggregate portable crushing business. The events leading up to the actual accident are unknown at this time. However, it is known that in the course of operating the crusher, Employee #1 fell onto the conveyor belt on the exit side of the crusher and was carried approximately 40 feet by the conveyor and dumped into the hopper onto the mesh hopper cover, where coworkers were sorting rubble. Employee #1 suffered a broken lower right leg and serious head trauma injuries and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, ROCK CRUSHER, MACHINE OPERATOR, FALL, CONVEYOR BELT, CONTUSION, HOPPER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 315528224 Hospitalized injury Fracture Machine operators, not specified

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