Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at BURRELL'S EXCAVATING, INC.
Start: 6/7/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019065776 · 6/7/2019 · BURRELL'S EXCAVATING, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name: BURRELL'S EXCAVATING, INC.
Location: SUNY Oneonta, Hunt Union Upgrade, ONEONTA, NEW YORK, 13820
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing in an excavation when a capped, abandoned-in-place, 12" cast iron water line became pressurized and pushed out of the ground, striking and pinning the employee's leg against the cut end of another pipe. The employee's leg was severely crushed.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown