Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201035110 - Employee is injured from 10 foot fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201035110 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 07/19/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120227020	08/07/2003	1799	236220	Pavement Coating Co

Abstract: On July 19, 2003, Employee #1, a truck driver for an asphalt paving company, was conducting paving operations. The truck he was using, VIN Number: IFDYU 90XOCVA03816, had a11-ton capacity for aggregate, approximate 10-foot by 8-foot by 4-foot hopper, and speed ranging from 1.5 to 3 miles-per-hour. Employee #1 was located at the top of the truck, about 10-feet high, checking the oil and water levels for the aggregate mixture and shoveling sand into the hopper. For some reason, he fell from the truck to the pavement. Employee #1 was hospitalized at UCI Medical Center and treated for a fractured skull, broken left shoulder bone, and fractured right wrist. He was released five days later.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, SHOULDER, TRUCK, FALL, SHOVEL, HOPPER, ROAD PAVING, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120227020			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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