Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202509485 - Driver Is Injured When Truck Rolls Down Embankment

Accident Summary Nr: 202509485 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 10/01/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314332560	10/09/2012	1611	237310	O. C. Jones & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: On October 1, 2012, Employee #1, employed by a highway/street/bridge construction company, was driving a water truck at a construction site. He was not wearing a seat belt. The truck rolled down an 8-foot deep embankment, rolled over, and landed upside down. Employee #1 was seriously injured. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured lumbar disk.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, FRACTURE, SPINE, ROLL-OVER, CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, BACK, SEAT BELT, TRUCK

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314332560			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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