Accident counter
This counter displays the number of accidents during Safety Week 2009, 14-20 September.
| Country |
Number of accidents |
Comments |
 Czech & Slovakia |
1 |
On Thursday, a subcontractor was hit by falling steel reinforcement and received a fracture on his right hip joint. |
 Finland &
 Estonia |
1 |
On Monday, an employee injured his ankle when it was hit by a 150 kg toolbox trolley which he and his co-worker was pushing. He cut the skin of his ankle and hurt his Achilles tendon. |
Latin America
        |
2 |
On Wednesday, an employee received bruises and cuts to his right leg when his pants were caught by a rotor on a pump.
On Saturday, an employee tripped and fell, receiving a fracture in his right foot. |
 Norway |
2 |
On Wednesday, a subcontractor was hit by a reversing forklift while he was pulling a trolley. He received a squeezed thigh and a broken rib.
On Wednesday, a subcontractor hit some reinforcement while drilling, the drill locked and this resulted in a broken bone in his right arm. |
 Poland |
1 |
On Wednesday, one of our subcontractors was hit by concrete blocks from a wall that collapsed. Sadly he broke his legs and are now in hospital. |
 Sweden |
2 |
On Wednesday, one of our scaffolding partners fell 2.5 m (7.5 ft) into a ventilation shaft. He is taken to hospital and has been in full consciousness all the time.
On Wednesday, a subcontractor sprained his ankle when walking onto a board laying on the floor with some cables underneath it. |
 UK |
1 |
On Wednesday, a subcontractor was wedged between a gate and a dumper, resulting in him falling to the ground and the dumper running over his right wrist. He received a cracked bone. |
 USA |
0 |
No lost time accidents reported. |
| Total number |
10 |
|