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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017077065 · 7/27/2017 · Weleded Construction

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by discharged object or substance
Source
Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Weleded Construction
Location
Claridge-Export Road, CLARIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15623
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator to excavate a pipeline. While scooping the bucket toward the machine, it hit a rock, and a tooth broke off and went through the windshield of the excavator. The employee sustained a broken right leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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