Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200611804 - Truck Strikes Employee Who Is Hospitalized

Accident Summary Nr: 200611804 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 02/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306949793	02/16/2005	1711	238220	Charles P. Blouin Inc.

Abstract: On February 15, 2005, Employee #1 was unloading a 20-ft-long truck along with three other employees. The truck was parked on an incline but was not chocked. The driver and two other employees were in the back of the truck trying to unload a 150 lb crate. The truck started to roll backward down the incline. Employee #1 who was on the ground, behind the truck, was struck by the truck's lift-gate. A forklift that was parked behind the truck stopped the truck from rolling over the Employee #1. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Keywords: CHOCK, FRACTURE, LUNG, VEHICLE, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, RIB, SLOPE, BACKING UP, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306949793			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Construction of playing fields, tennis courts Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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