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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025021387 · 2/12/2025 · Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Back lumbar region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object unspecified
Source
Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc.
Location
2169 Campus Dr., EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, 60208
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was picking up insulation debris off the ground by hand when an approximately 10-foot long piece of metal rebar fell and hit him on his back. The employee sustained a fractured lumbar vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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