Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 691998 - Employee's leg fractured by falling auger

Accident Summary Nr: 691998 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/15/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105578884	09/16/1987	9621	0	Utah State Dept Of Transportation

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on an electric system in an area where other workers were digging a hole with a metal auger. While the metal auger was being lifted to the dump truck bed, a bolt holding the auger broke. The auger fell, hitting the dump truck bed, then tipped over and struck Employee #1's right leg, breaking it in two places. Employee #1 was taken to Utah Valley Hospital, where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HOISTING MECHANISM, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BOLT, AUGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105578884			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers

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