Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201085628 - Employee's legs crushed between trailer hitch and truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201085628 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/20/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125758557	10/01/2004	0131	111920	J G Boswell Co

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on August 20, 2003, two employees were working in a cotton field. They were attempting to hitch a trailer to a truck. The trailed housed a large agricultural pump that pumped water onto the cotton plants. The employee was working on the ground, directing his coworker who was driving the pick-up truck. The driver was backing the truck up to the hitch and accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. He pinned the employee between the hitch on the truck and the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to his legs.

Keywords: TRAILER HITCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, PICKUP TRUCK, TRAILER, MOTOR VEHICLE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125758557			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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