Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201096567 - Employee's fractures leg in fall from truck bed

Accident Summary Nr: 201096567 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 06/30/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126101948	07/07/2003	3479	332812	West Coast Indusatrial Coatings Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on June 30, 2003, Employee #1 of West Coast Industrial Coating, Inc., was helping to load 8-in. diameter, 35 ft-long metal pipes, which weighed approximately 1,000 lbs each onto a trailer bed. The trailer was 40 ft long and 4.75 ft high. Some pipes were already loaded but not secured onto the truck bed. When loading other pipes, Employee #1 fell off the trailer bed. The first pipe that was loaded fell off the trailer bed and struck Employee #1, fracturing his left leg and right ankle.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, LOAD SHIFT, TRUCK, FALL, STRUCK BY, METAL PIPE, ANKLE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126101948			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painting and paint spraying machine operators

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