Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201181674 - Employee is injured when struck by backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 201181674 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 06/09/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300893179	06/12/2003	1623	237110	Shaw Pipeline, Inc.

Abstract: At about 11:30 a.m. on June 9, 2003, Employee #1 and a foreman were working at a street construction site. While Employee #1 was standing very close to the backhoe in its blind spot, the foreman operating the backhoe swung its bucket, which hit Employee #1, who was then hospitalized at SF General Hospital for a lower leg fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, BACKHOE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300893179			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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