Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201503992 - Employee Strikes Right Hand On Raised Bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201503992 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/21/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301136644	06/19/2003	1799	238990	Accurate Cleaning Systems

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on May 21, 2003, Employee #1, working as a truck driver for Accurate Cleaning Systems, was shoveling debris from the ground onto the bed of a 1992 International truck, Model 4900, at the site of a home under construction. There was a skid loader (Mustang Compact Loader, Model Number 2070, ID Number SG00F001188) parked about three feet away from the dump truck and the bucket was raised in a position level with the back end of the truck. He climbed onto the back of the truck and lost his balance. When he tried to catch himself from falling, he hit his hand on the clam shell (bucket) of the skid loader very hard. Some coworkers were on break in a house nearby. Employee #1 was transported to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center by a coworker. He was treated for an avulsion laceration of the dorsal surface of his right hand.

Keywords: laceration, dump truck, struck by, work platform, hand, aerial lift, dump truck bed

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	2	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301136644			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Truck drivers, heavy

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA