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Accident Summary Nr: 115815.015 - Employee falls from bed of dump truck, fractures hip

Accident Summary Nr: 115815.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/18/2018
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1372146.01501/17/2019324121Landmark Grading & Paving Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on December 18, 2018, an employee was removing PVC pipe from an asphalt pile in the back of a ten wheel dump truck. A Caterpillar 938M front loader caused the truck to shift causing the employee to fall out of the truck. The employee fell to the asphalt roadway over 7 feet below suffering a right hip fracture and was hospitalized. The front loader was being used to elevate employees onto the dump truck without the use of fall protection.

Keywords: Asphalt, Dump Truck, Dump Truck Bed, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Front End Loader, Hip, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Road Paving, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Highway, road, street Maintenance or repair   0 0

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1372146.015 61 M Hospitalized injury Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators Distance of Fall: 7 feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet
Cause: Paving
Fatality Cause:

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