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Accident: 111280.015 - Employee Fractures Hip While Operating Backhoe Near Pumping

Accident: 111280.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 11/20/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1362123.01511/26/2018Bj'S Oilfield Construction, Inc.
At 1:15 p.m. on November 20, 2018, an employee was working for a firm that provi ded support activities for oil and gas operations. He was operating a backhoe. H e was using it to spread gravel. As he was moving a pumping unit's Pitman arm, h e tripped. The report's "type of event" said that he was struck by the Pitman ar m. Material fell onto his hip. He sustained a fractured pelvis. He was hospitali zed.
Keywords: backhoe, construction, falling object, fracture, gas well, gas well drilling, oil well drilling/servicing, pelvis, steering, struck by, tripped
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator Alteration or rehabilitation   1 18
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1362123.015 55 M Hospitalized injury Excavating and loading machine operators FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Backfilling and compacting
FatCause:

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