Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201200961 - Employee's pelvis fractured by backing dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201200961 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 07/20/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303176622	07/24/2000	1623	0	Ledcor Industries Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, of Ledcore Industries, Inc., was on a crew installing fiber optic cable down one lane of a highway. He was using a can of spray paint to touch up marks on the pavement put there as guides for a trenching machine. Employee #1 was between two dump trucks, the first being loaded by the trenching machine, and the other waiting in line behind the first. The trencher operator finished loading the first truck and called for the next one to back up to where it was working. He looked to the front of the trencher, then turned around just in time to see Employee #1 trying to jump out of the way of the backing truck. The truck ran over Employee #1 before the trencher operator could get him to stop. He sustained a fractured pelvis and was transported to Portland Health Sciences University Hospital. The truck driver apparently was unaware that Employee #1 painting lines behind his vehicle.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, SIGNALMAN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DUMP TRUCK, PELVIS, RUN OVER, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303176622			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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