Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201116597 - Employee injured when foot caught under liner roll

Accident Summary Nr: 201116597 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/02/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126034644	08/13/2003	1629	236210	D & E Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on July 2, 2003, Employee #1 and fellow employees were in the process of lining a large garbage dump with a liner. The liner roll weighed 4000 pounds. Employee #1 thought the truck holding the liner was going to go one way, and the driver went in the other direction. Employee #1 got his right foot caught under the roll and sustained dislocated toes on his right foot. Emergency medical personnel were called and he was transported to Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, where he was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: CAUGHT BETWEEN, DISLOCATED, TOE, TEXTILE, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126034644			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Other

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