Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-05-22 | Blakeslee | Pennsylvania | Muschlitz Excavating, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a roller to compact dirt along the edge of an embankment in a construction zone. As the machine was backing up, the left rear tire ran off the edge of the embankment and the machine rolled down the embankment four to five feet and came to rest on its side. The employee was hospitalized for a rib fracture and a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2015-09-21 | Blakeslee | Pennsylvania | Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing next to an excavator. The excavator turned and the employee was struck by the excavator's counterweight. The employee fell over into a sump hole and struck his body against a steel plate. The employee suffered a broken jaw, broken ribs, punctured lung, and broken left elbow. The employee was hospitalized. |