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COHASSET, Mass. — A 77-year-old man was hospitalized following an excavator accident at a Cohasset construction site Thursday.
Cohasset police responded to a work site off Route 3A around 11:00 a.m. after the 77-year-old man operating an excavator with a hammer drill said he was violently jolted when the machine slipped off a rock he was breaking.
The man suffered a spine injury and was taken to South Shore Hospital.
Cohasset Police detectives and OSHA are investigating this incident.
Cohasset Police & @OSHA_DOL investigating excavator accident in #Cohasset. 77 y/o male transported to @southshorehosp w/ spine injury after hammer drill slips and violently jolts operator. Full release @ CPD Facebook Page pic.twitter.com/3OkWEfDgVx
— Cohasset Police (@CohassetPolice) June 27, 2024
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