Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169182 - Employee's arm fractured when pinned by backing truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201169182 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/09/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126191071	09/13/2007	1731	238210	Asplundh

Abstract: On September 9, 2007, Employee #1, a lineman, was part of a four-man crew upgrading transformers from 25-kilovolt to 50-kilovolt for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He was directing a coworker who was backing a line truck toward a utility pole so a transformer could be loaded into it when the coworker lost sight of him. Employee #1's arm became pinned between the back of the truck and the pole. He sustained a fractured left forearm and was transported to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for a day. The coworker was disciplined by the employer for not following the company's safety rules on keeping the backer/signalman in the line of site when moving a vehicle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SIGNALMAN, POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, FOREARM, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126191071			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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