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Accident Summary Nr: 201203676 - Employee injured after backing over road embankment

Accident Summary Nr: 201203676 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 09/24/2007
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31073949509/25/20071622237310Mowat Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 11:55 a.m. on September 24, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were using a forklift to off-load crane outrigger mud mats from a semi-trailer. After unloading the trailer, Employee #1 drove the forklift up a inclined roadway toward the ongoing project of erecting a road flyover connecting I-5 and Beltline highway. He was moving the lift truck to become perpendicular to the road when it rolled backward over the edge. He traveled 40 ft down the embankment and over a 10 ft concrete retaining wall. He continued over a second roadway, and then rolled 30 ft down another embankment, landing in a ditch. Coworkers immediately came to Employee #1's aid. He sustained serious injuries and was transported by Emergency Services to a local hospital.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, HIGHWAY, IND TRK OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, SLOPE, BACKING UP
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Highway, road, street New project or new addition $20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 310739495 Hospitalized injury Fracture Supervisors; carpenters and related workers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Excavation
Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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