Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201069457 - Employee's Arm Fractured Between Truck and Dock

Accident Summary Nr: 201069457 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/27/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307031658	10/31/2005	4212	484110	Yellow Freight

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on September 27, 2005, Employee #1, a driver for Yellow Freight of San Diego, was driving an International delivery truck with a 26-foot trailer. The driver was parking the vehicle at a customer's loading dock and was having difficulty positioning a dock plate at the rear of the truck. He left the cab to reposition the plate by hand. When the plate moved, the truck rolled backward and crushed the driver's left arm against the dock. The brakes were not set and the wheels were not chocked.

Keywords: CHOCK, FRACTURE, BRAKE, DOCK, LOADING RAMP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRUCK, ARM, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307031658			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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