Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201073954 - Employee Is Injured When Trailer Tilts

Accident Summary Nr: 201073954 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 06/17/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312678808	06/29/2009	8211	611110	Sweetwater Union High School District Maint Dept

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 a.m. on June 17, 2009, Employee #1 was a heavy equipment operator working for the maintenance department of a school district. He was unhooking a 10-ton tilting flat bed trailer from a dump truck while a coworker drove a skip loader off the trailer. When the trailer tilted, Employee #1's arm became caught between the dump body apron of the truck and the trailer pintle, causing a laceration and fracture to his left arm. He was hospitalized at UCSD Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DUMP TRUCK, LOADER, STRUCK BY, ARM, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312678808			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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