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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023054170 · 5/9/2023 · Palm Coast Utilities, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source
Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Palm Coast Utilities, LLC
Location
1016 Live Oak Drive, HINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 31313
NAICS
237130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving tools and equipment from a 16-ton steel track excavator to co-workers at the work area on site. The employee was walking toward the excavator when he fell. The excavator backed up and ran over his legs, resulting in multiple breaks in his left femur, tissue damage to the left ankle and left foot, and one broken toe on left foot, as well as multiple fractures and tissue damage in the right foot.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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