Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170839468 - Employee's Leg Is Injured in Trip and Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 170839468 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 02/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125531806	02/24/2006	4212	484110	Lucero Trucking Inc

Abstract: At about 2:30 p.m. on February 21, 2006, Employee #1, with Lucero Trucking, Inc., was preparing to make a delivery at a client's video store. She had just parked her Ford E-250 delivery van in the driveway approximately 10 ft from the store entrance. After exiting the vehicle, she stepped backwards into a pothole, causing her to trip and fall. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital for multiple left leg fractures. The accident was caused by lack of maintenance on the driveway and Employee #1's failure to look behind her before stepping backwards.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, FRACTURE, UNEVEN GROUND, INADEQUATE MAINT, TRIPPED, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125531806			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, light

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