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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015010534 · 1/16/2015 · NOWAK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Parts and materials, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
NOWAK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
Location
Unknown, GODDARD, KANSAS, 67052
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Worker was in a trench and was injured when an operator moved the trench box. The spreader bar on the trench box struck the worker in the back, cracking his vertebra. The worker was hospitalized one night.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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