Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170010094 - Employee's leg severed by lowboy trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 170010094 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 03/01/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303241616	03/02/2000	4214	0	Nelson Trucking Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a flagger for Kiewit Construction, was struck by a lowboy trailer that an employee of another company had just loaded with a backhoe. Her leg was amputated in the accident. The driver had not set the brake, nor chocked the wheels, of the lowboy.

Keywords: CHOCK, AMPUTATED, BRAKE, VEHICLE, WORK RULES, FLAGMAN, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED, TRAILER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303241616			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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