Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14304356 - Surveyor injured when run over by backing truck

Accident Summary Nr: 14304356 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 08/10/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2531655	08/10/1985	1794	0	Herndon & Herndon Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a surveyor, along with another surveyor and an inspector, were inspecting a survey stake. They were not watching the ten- to twelve-yard dump trucks that were being loaded with fill nearby. A Mack truck that was backing up without back-up alarms or the aid of a traffic coordinator struck Employee #1, knocking him to the ground and running over his legs. He was hospitalized with fractures of his right foot, one broken bone in his left foot, and a strained knee.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, FRACTURE, SIGNALMAN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2531655			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Surveyors and mapping scientists

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