Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200772952 - Employee Injured When Struck By Falling Object
Accident: 200772952 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 11/18/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
306099359 | 11/18/2003 | 1799 | Valley Crest Landscape, Inc. | ||||
On November 18, 2003, Employee #1, a foreman, was setting concrete blocks in a shallow hole to be used to stabilize infant trees. They were being lifted by a backhoe. The chain was set onto a hook on the bucket of the backhoe and the other end of the chain was wrapped around the block. Employee #1 was guiding the blocks into the hole. The chain came off of the hook on the backhoe and struck Employee #1 in the right thigh. He was hospitalized with bruises, contusions, and abrasions. | |||||||
Keywords:
construction, thigh, abrasion, struck by, concrete block, falling object, backhoe, contusion, leg
| |||||||
End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other heavy construction | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 306099359 | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Landscaping FatCause: Lifting operations |