Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200831311 - Employee injured when backhoe falls off edge of trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 200831311 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 10/30/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307610451	10/31/2007	1611	237310	Fleet Trucking, Inc.

Abstract: On October 30, 2007, Employee #1 was delivering two loader/backhoes on a lowboy trailer to a job site. He drove the first backhoe forward from the trailer bed out onto the street. Employee #1 had begun to off-load the second backhoe in reverse when the vehicle started to fall off the side of the trailer. He tried to jump out of the seat as the loader was falling but both his ankles became caught by the enclosure of the cab. Employee #1 sustained injuries and was admitted to Northshore Hospital for treatment.

Keywords: LOADER/BACKHOE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, FALL, OFF LOADING, TRAILER, ANKLE, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307610451			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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