Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201172079 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Top of Tank Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201172079 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/13/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120152632	08/22/2002	4213	0	Frank C. Allegre Trucking, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 a.m. on August 13, 2002, Employee #1 was delivering calcium carbonate to PW Pipe in Cameron Park, California. He was driving a set of double hopper trailers and stopped to break down the trailer/truck prior to off-loading. He climbed on top of the trailer and was checking the hatch covers when, for some reason, he fell approximately 12 ft to the ground. Employee #1 fractured his skull and ribs, a severed right ear, and sustained serious brain damage. First aid was provided at the site by local fire department paramedics before he was transported by Life Flight to Sutter Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, California, for treatment. No fall protection system was in use at the time of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EAR, SKULL, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, OFF LOADING, TANK, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120152632			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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