Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202465365 - Employee injured when foot run over by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 202465365 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310199054	10/10/2007	1521	236115	The Whiting - Turner Contracting Company

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on September 26, 2007, Employee #1, a helper with less than one year of experience working for a general building contractor, was walking next to an industrial truck that was transporting a trench plate. Employee #1's leg was run over and crushed by the forklift. He was taken to Los Robles Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for approximately six days. The employer was cited for a violation, general, of T8CCR 3650(s)(12), as there was apparently no vidence of employer knowledge of the hazardous situation.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, RUN OVER, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310199054			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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