Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201032471 - Employee's foot amputated by falling concrete rail

Accident Summary Nr: 201032471 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 08/28/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300758067	12/15/1999	1622	0	Hillside Contractors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:45 a.m. on August 28, 1999, Employee #1, a laborer, was helping his supervisor, a forklift driver, replace a section of concrete K-rail. The K-rail fell from the forks of the lift truck onto Employee #1's right foot, crushing it. He was transported to the hospital, where part of his foot had to be surgically amputated. Employee #1 had been on the job for approximately one week,

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300758067			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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