Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202314027 - Backing Vehicle Injures Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 202314027 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/26/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119691715	02/10/2004	1711	238220	Can-Am Plumbing Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. Employee #1 was retrieving some tools from his vehicle when another driver that was parked directly behind Employee #1's vehicle (facing in the other direction) decided to move his truck. The other driver did not have an installed backup alarm system or a visual spotter to assist in this movement. The other driver simply got into his truck and started to back up. The backing vehicle impacted Employee #1 almost immediately, pinning him against the tailgate of his own vehicle. Employee #1 sustained a crushing injury along his spinal cord. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: back-up alarm, spine, crushed, truck, backing up

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119691715			Hospitalized injury	Other	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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