Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14458582 - Employee injured when struck by falling trash dumpster

Accident Summary Nr: 14458582 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/03/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14830996	07/11/1984	4212	0	A R Ridner Hauling & Trash Removal

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were at the rear of a 1977 Ford dumpster-type trash truck, Maryland registration N-76042. They had just hooked up a 23-yard dumpster to the truck's hydraulic system when the overhead lifting cable slipped off the U-ring at the rear of the dumpster. The dumpster fell and struck Employee #1, who was standing directly behind it. He suffered multiple bruises, contusions, and abrasions. Employee #1 had not properly secured the lifting cable to the dumpster. He and his coworker had been trained on the proper methods of lifting dumpsters with the hydraulic equipment. No PPE was being used.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, DUMPSTER, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14830996			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Geologists and geodesists

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