Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202312963 - Employee Suffers Amputation After Being Run Over

Accident Summary Nr: 202312963 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 06/11/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119689966	06/18/2001	1611	0	R & L Brosamer, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was hammering steel stakes into the ground to brace a slip form (concrete) paver. Employee #1 was struck by a Mack dump truck loaded with concrete. Employee #1 was knocked over and the dump truck ran over his right leg. The operator of the Mack dump truck was backing up without the aid of a signaler or an operable back-up alarm. Employee #1 suffered an amputation and was hospitalized.

Keywords: back-up alarm, amputated, signalman, construction, dump truck, struck by, backing up, inattention

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119689966			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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