Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121662.015 - Employee breaks ankle when struck by pole being moved by cra

Accident Summary Nr: 121662.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 11/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1444695.015	11/14/2019		238210	Edison Power Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on November 6, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for an electrical contractor was working near a crane that a coworker was using to move a concrete power pole. The employee was struck in the right leg by the pole as it was being landed. The employee broke his ankle and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Concrete Pole, Construction, Crane Load, Crane Operator, Fracture, Laborer, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck By, Suspended Load

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1444695.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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