Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201095171 - Employee injured when knee fractured by trailer hitch

Accident Summary Nr: 201095171 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 07/18/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300811726	09/05/2001	1521	0	Kenney Const.

Abstract: On July 18, 2001, Employee #1, a teamster, employed by Kenney Construction, a general contractor, was injured in Santa Barbara, California. Employee #1 was hooking up a 25-foot trailer to a dump truck. As Employee #1 tried to attach the trailer hitch to the truck, the hitch hit his knee, causing a fracture which resulted in a hospital stay of two days.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, DRIVER, TRAILER HITCH, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300811726			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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