Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114742.015 - Employee is struck by steel plate and fractures both ankles

Accident Summary Nr: 114742.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1387538.015	01/16/2019		561720	Maria Catalan

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on December 27, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a cleaning service, was working just outside the construction access gate to a new multi-story structure. He was using a garden hose to wash mud off his vehicle's tires. He was standing next to one of three steel road plates at the construction driveway. A tank truck, as it exited the site, pulled onto the plates. The tank truck driver stopped and then began to back up, causing one of the plates to shift and move under the drive wheels of the tank truck. The moving steel plate then was propelled by the tire of the truck and slid into Employee #1's ankles. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for fractures to both ankles.

Keywords: Ankle, Backing Up, Cleaning, Construction, Fracture, Self-Propelled, Steel Plate, Struck By, Tank Truck, Tire, Truck Driver

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1387538.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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