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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023031923 · 3/1/2023 · Hammers Construction Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Hammers Construction Inc
Location
450 E. 4th Street, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80907
NAICS
236220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping to lower a rebar frame into a 5-foot-deep trench. The employee reached for a chain that had come loose from the rebar and the excavator bucket closed on the employee's left arm, crushing it. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their left arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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