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Accident Summary Nr: 99507.015 - Employee is struck by falling street light fixture and suffe

Accident Summary Nr: 99507.015 -- Report ID: 0551701 -- Event Date: 08/24/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1267913.015	08/28/2017		924110	City Of Chicago - Streets And Sanitation

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on August 24, 2017, an employee was standing on the back of the garbage truck that was being driven by a coworker. The coworker turned from one street into another and, as it turned, the truck struck a light pole causing the light fixture to break off from the pole and drop onto the employee, striking his right arm and wrist. The employee suffered lacerations to his wrist and forearm, fractured his wrist and had nerve and vein damage. Hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Falling Object, Forearm, Fracture, Garbage Truck, Laceration, Riding on Equipment, Struck By, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1267913.015	39	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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