Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170896724 - Employee injured when struck by truck during jump start

Accident Summary Nr: 170896724 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/19/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126079664	09/01/1999	1629	0	Parsec

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on August 19, 1999, Employee #1, of Parsec, Inc., was helping his supervisor jump start the battery of pickup truck #94501 when the vehicle lurched forward, pinning Employee #1 against a railing. He suffered trauma to his left hip and leg and was hospitalized for four days at Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, CA. At the time of the accident, the truck was in neutral gear and the wheels were not chocked.

Keywords: CHOCK, VEHICLE IN GEAR, JUMP START, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PICKUP TRUCK, HIP, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126079664			Hospitalized injury	Other	Truck drivers, light	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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