Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127381622 - Employee's legs injured when pinned between truck and pole

Accident Summary Nr: 127381622 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 12/04/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127381622	12/09/1996	9311	0	Dpw N.E. Solid Waste Collection Dept.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 4, 1996, a Baltimore City Department of Public Works employee was backing up a sanitation truck into an alley when he struck a Baltimore Gas and Electric utility pole on the south sidewalk. Employee #1, a laborer for the DPW, was riding on the outside of the truck and became pinned between the utility pole and the truck. He suffered crushing injuries to his legs and one leg was broken.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, GARBAGE TRUCK, PINNED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRUCK, UTILITY POLE, BACKING UP, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127381622			Hospitalized injury	Other	Garbage collectors

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