Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135880.015 - Employee lacerates head in fall from parked flatbed truck

Accident Summary Nr: 135880.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1533392.015	05/25/2021		532289	D & M Traffic Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:13 p.m. on May 17, 2021, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a contractor that provides traffic control. The employee was standing on the flat bed of a truck used in traffic control cleaning up the work site by moving cones. The vehicle was not moving when the employee fell from the truck to the pavement. The truck was not equipped with handholds. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration to his head.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Concrete Pavement, Construction, Construction vehicle, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Truck, Head, Highway, Highway work zone, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laborer, Laceration, Motor Vehicle, Pavement, Traffic Control

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1533392.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause:

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