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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016031917 · 3/3/2016 · Woodward Design + Build

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 falling part of powered vehicle still attached
Source
Mini excavators

Employer

Name
Woodward Design + Build
Location
3801 Loyola Drive, KENNER, LOUISIANA, 70065
NAICS
236220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking on a mini-excavator being worked on by a subcontractor. As he walked around the mini excavator, a hydraulic failure caused the extended boom to drop and strike the employee in the upper back area, cracking vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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