Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201508579 - Employee's Leg Is Lacerated When Pinned by Backing Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201508579 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/15/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310063920	05/20/2008	7359	532490	Ahern Rentals, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 noon on May 15, 2008, Employee #1 was a painter. He and a supervisor were spotting and guiding a tractor trailer being backed into a prep booth area. Employee #1 was at the rear of the trailer as the driver was backing the trailer into the booth. The supervisor heard the trailer crash into some garbage cans and heard Employee #1 scream. Employee #1 was pinned between the corner of the trailer bed and the wall. Employee #1 was hospitalized at San Jose Regional Medical Center for five days for treatment of a severe laceration to his right upper thigh.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, PINNED, THIGH, LACERATION, TRACTOR TRAILER, PAINTER, PAINT BOOTH, BACKING UP, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310063920			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Painters, construction and maintenance

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