Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201172350 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Tank Trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 201172350 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120154695	07/18/2002	2911	324110	H & L Farms

Abstract: At about 12:30 a.m. on July 3, 2002, Employee #1, a truck driver employed by H & L Farms, was at Paramount Petroleum Company in Elk Grove, CA, filling a 40-ft Polar hot tank trailer with an oil/tar material used for road construction. He was working from a catwalk on the top of the trailer, cleaning while monitoring the filling of the trailer. Fumes were emitting from the trailer as it was being filled with the hot oil product. Employee #1 lost consciousness and fell to the ground, feet first. He was hospitalized for a severely fractured left leg. No fall protection was used and the top of the trailer had no guard rails.

Keywords: LOADING, TANK TRUCK, GUARDRAIL, VAPOR, CLEANING, CATWALK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HOT TAR, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120154695			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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