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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018065683 · 6/11/2018 · Ernst Trenching, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
Source
Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name
Ernst Trenching, Inc.
Location
Unknown, MC LAUGHLIN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57642
NAICS
237130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee lost their balance while riding on the machine as the machine slowed to change direction. He stepped backwards onto the front tire of the machine. Since the machine was in reverse, he was pulled down under the machine by the tire causing fractured vertebrae and a leg laceration.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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