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Accident Summary Nr: 14445118 - LEG CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCK BODY AND ELEVATED MANHOLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14445118 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 03/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18727412	04/23/1987	1623	0	Fred W. Barnes Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: ON MARCH 12, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:35 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BEHIND A MYERS HIGH VELOCITY SEWER CLEANER UNIT, MOUNTED ON A FORD TRUCK CHASSIS. HE WAS WORKING AT THE CONTROL PANEL, LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE UNIT. A HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE FROM THE UNIT RAN INSIDE AN ELEVATED MANHOLE, LOCATED BEHIND THE TRUCK. A SWITCHING ENGINE, PULLING A LOADED BOXCAR, CAME UP THE TRACKS TOWARDS THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ABOUT AN INCH TOO CLOSE TO THE TRACKS FOR THE ENGINE TO GET BY. IT STRUCK THE SEWER CLEANER UNIT IN THE FRONT, PUSHING THE TRUCK BACKWARDS OVER THE ELEVATED MANHOLE. EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND A SECOND ELEVATED MANHOLE. HIS LEG WAS AMPUTATED AT THE KNEE. HE ALSO SUFFERED A HIP INJURY.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, LOCOMOTIVE, TRUCK, RAILROAD TRACK, HIP, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18727412			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Washing, cleaning and pickling machine operators

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