Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170695860 - Employee's foot broken when run over by garbage truck

Accident Summary Nr: 170695860 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 05/25/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120058607	06/03/1993	4212	0	South County Sanitary Service

Abstract: At about 11:00 a.m. on May 25, 1993, Employee #1 was assigned to work with two other employees. His job was to load garbage cans onto a front end loading garbage truck. Employee #1 was working on the right side of the truck. When he was trying to get on a riding step by the right door of the truck, he placed his left foot on the step but his right foot became caught under the truck's wheel, where it was run over and broken. This was the first time Employee #1 had worked on a front end loader since starting work 3 months earlier.

Keywords: WHEEL, FRACTURE, GARBAGE TRUCK, WORK RULES, INEXPERIENCE, RUN OVER, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120058607			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Garbage collectors

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