Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201491370 - Worker Is Struck by Farm Tractor and Sustains Broken Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201491370 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 05/11/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310828405	11/06/2008	0761	115115	Zepeda'S Farm Labor Services

Abstract: At approximately 7:45 p.m. on May 11, 2008, an employee was working for the temporary employment agency Zepeda's Farm Labor Services, performing his regularly assigned duties as a sprinkler hand line worker. He was assisting in hitching a pipe trailer to a Case agricultural tractor operated by a coworker, when the tractor rolled over his right leg. The Kings County, California, sheriff responded to a call from the site, and the employee was transported to Fresno Regional Medical Center for treatment. He sustained a fracture to his leg, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, AGRICULTURE, FARM MACHINERY, TRAILER HITCH, PIPE, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR, TRAILER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310828405			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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