Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 950782 - Employee injured when struck by material from spoils pile

Accident Summary Nr: 950782 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 05/03/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123681488	05/03/1994	1623	0	Pettibone Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:38 p.m. on May 3, 1994, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing a 4 in. sanitary PVC sewer line into an area of future homes. The backhoe placed soil on the spoils pile. A rock, or large piece of dirt, came off the spoils pile and struck Employee #1 in the center of his back at the shoulder blades. Having no feeling in his lower extremities and unable to move his legs, Employee #1 was taken by the Fire Department to Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA.

Keywords: SEWER, INSTALLING, ROCK, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123681488			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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