Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200331585 - Employee Suffers Fractured Ankle on Cement Hopper Grate

Accident Summary Nr: 200331585 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 07/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309142123	07/21/2005	1771	238990	Aggregate Industries

Abstract: Employee #1, the driver of a cement truck, had completed dumping cement into the hopper of a concrete pumper. Employee #1 climbed onto the grating over the cement hopper on the pumper to clean the chute on the truck. Employee #1's foot slipped between the grate on the hopper and became entangled in the mixing paddle. Employee #1 sustained a broken ankle and tissue damage to the lower leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: MIXER BLADE, FRACTURE, CONCRETE TRUCK, MIXER, DRIVER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, WALKING SURFACE, ENTANGLED, ANKLE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309142123			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Other

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