Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201070091 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured When Caught Under Bobcat Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201070091 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/30/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125879031	09/20/2006	1771	238190	Prestige Concrete

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on July 30, 2006, Employee #1, a laborer, and a coworker were walking alongside a Bobcat 2003, 864 Turbo-Skid Steer Loader, Model G, Series, Serial Number 518913414, mounted on two rubber treaded triangular tracks. The Bobcat was also outfitted with a pallet fork attachment on the front end of the skid loader. The Bobcat operator was moving a pallet of sand bags, while Employee #1 and the coworker held down a plastic cover over the sand bags, to prevent spillage. Employee #1 walked in the front of the Bobcat's rubber track and his right foot was pulled in and underneath the track. Employee #1 sustained crush injury to his right foot and complex fractures to his right lower leg and ankle. He was transported to the Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California. Employee #1 had multiple surgeries and was hospitalized for ten days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PALLET, SKIDDER, ANKLE, FOOT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125879031			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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