Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124983.015 - Employee breaks arm while disconnecting trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 124983.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 03/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1470937.015	03/24/2020		925120	County Of San Luis Obispo, Public Works Department

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on March 10, 2020, Employee #1 was working with a coworker, disconnecting a trailer from a dump truck. The two employees were responding to a tree down in the road on a rainy afternoon. There was miscommunication between the two as Employee #1 was unhooking the trailer (not proper procedure) while the tractor was still on the trailer. As the coworker was unloading the tractor from the trailer, the trailer popped up and broke the arm of Employee #1. Employee #1 stated he should have left the trailer hooked to the truck and waited off to the side until the tractor was unloaded, then unhooked the trailer. Employee #1 sustained a broken left arm and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Broken Bone, Dump Truck, Fracture, Miscommunication, Tractor, Trailer, Tree

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1470937.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Operating engineers

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