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Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2023087770 · 8/23/2023 · Iroquois Paving Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury
Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Dirt, earth
Secondary source
Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders

Employer

Name
Iroquois Paving Corporation
Location
In an Alley between 3rd and 4th St, GILMAN, ILLINOIS, 60938
NAICS
324121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On August 23, 2023, employees were installing an underground sanitation pipe. The injured employee was working inside a trench box while a loader was back filling another section of the trench. The soil struck the employee; they were hospitalized for a compressed vertebra.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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