Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202562609 - Employee Fractures Leg When Debris Fall from Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 202562609 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 06/23/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312348600	07/01/2008	1542	236220	Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.

Abstract: At approximately 6:15 a.m. on June 23, 2008, Employee #1, a truck driver, was unlatching a door on a 14-cubic yard debris box, attached to 10-wheeler truck. He arrived at the landfill at approximately 5:50 a.m. to off load construction debris, which included a block of concrete. Employee #1 unlatched the right door and secured it back. While Employee #1 was attempting to open the left door, the load fell out. Employee #1 challenged to get out of the way, but the load felled out on his lower right leg. He fractured his lower leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, BLOCKS, LANDFILL, FALL, STRUCK BY, CONCRETE, DOOR, LEG, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312348600			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, light	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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