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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022108689 · 10/3/2022 · United Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
Source
Trenchers

Employer

Name
United Electric, Inc.
Location
500 ' off CNTY HWY H @ CNTY HWY H 7 HWY 33, CAMBRIA, WISCONSIN, 53923
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were trenching in a fiber cable using a trenching and plowing machine. Employee 1 was cutting banding around the fiber cable; employee 2 was operating the machine and monitoring the cable as it was laid into ground. Employee 1 was crushed under the left track of the trenching machine, resulting in multiple fractures to their right leg and foot.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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