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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017109628 · 10/7/2017 · Arby Construction Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lumbar region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c

Employer

Name
Arby Construction Company, Inc.
Location
967 Peachtree Parkway, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30041
NAICS
212321
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a digger near a 14-foot hole to replace a steel concrete pole. He was exiting the back of the machine using the ladder when he fell into the hole, fracturing his L2 lumbar vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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