Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202489290 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 202489290 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/29/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313229221	08/12/2009	1611	237310	Ca Transportation (District 3)

Abstract: On July 29, 2009, Employee #1, a transportation engineer with Caltrans, was standing on the side of the south side of State Route 28 to ultimately get across the highway to the north side to inspect the work of a road construction contractor. Employee #1 was struck by a dump truck driven by an employee of the road construction contractor. Employee #1 sustained a skull fracture, requiring stitches to his upper forehead and above left eye, and a minor fracture under his left eye. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: EYE, FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, FOREHEAD, LACERATION, SKULL, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313229221			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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