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Accident Summary Nr: 130685.015 - Employee fractures pelvis, sustains trauma when struck by sw

Accident Summary Nr: 130685.015 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 10/19/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1499566.015	10/27/2020		541330	R.A. Smith, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on October 19, 2020, an employee working as an engineering technician was conducting surveying duties in a roadway. While taking measurements, the employee was struck by a road sweeper that was backing up. The area was very noisy at the time. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple fractures to his pelvis and leg and other blunt force trauma.

Keywords: Abdomen, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Engineering Technician, Fracture, Highway work zone, Hip, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Noise, Pelvis, Road, Struck By, Surveyor, Sweeper, Torso, Unsafe Position, Work zone

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1499566.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Engineering technicians, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause:

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