Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202522611 - Dump Truck Driver's Leg Is Hit by Falling Fork and Fractured

Accident Summary Nr: 202522611 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 06/04/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314998105	07/10/2012	1611	237310	G Hedgecock Inc

Abstract: On June 4, 2012, an employee, of G. Hedgecock, Inc., Modesto, CA, was breaking up a concrete sidewalk. He was operating a bobcat dump truck with fork attachment. As chunks of concrete broke loose, he picked them up with the forks and dumped them into the dump trailer. After dumping a chunk, he was lowering the forks when one of the forks became unhooked and fell off. The fork fell onto the cab of the bobcat, striking the operator in the left leg. The employee's leg was fractured. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery, including insertion of a metal rod.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, LEG, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Demolition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314998105			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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