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Accident Summary Nr: 99727.015 - Worker struck by a pumper's boom and suffers multiple injuri

Accident Summary Nr: 99727.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 08/22/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1259744.015	08/22/2017		238110	Sinigur Concrete Pumping, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on August 22, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a concrete company, was pouring concrete at a multiemployer construction project, a two-story residential structure. He was operating the concrete discharge hose attached to a concrete pumper when the pumper's outriggers shifted and sank into the ground. The pumper tilted over, and the pumper's steel boom arm struck Employee #1. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a severe head injury causing memory loss, a shattered foot which became infected and required amputation of the foot and leg, and a fractured upper arm.

Keywords: Amputation, Boom, Concrete Pump, Falling Object, Foot, Head, Outrigger, Residential Construction, Struck By, Unstable Soil

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1259744.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause:

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