Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202612123 - Employee gets run over by irrigation pipe trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 202612123 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/01/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314146663	05/13/2010	0161	111219	Merrill Farms, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 6:20 pm, on May 1, 2010, Employee #1, an irrigator of Merrill Farms, LLC, was laying out irrigation pipe in a field when he had an injury (dislocated shoulder). Employee #1 fell and was run over by a trailer carrying an irrigation pipe. Employee #1 lifted a pipe and the wind pushed him off balance and he fell forward toward the inner side of the trailer, the trailer wheels ran over the right side of the employee's body, dislocating his shoulder. The trailer was carrying approximately 80 pipes still on the trailer that weigh approximately 10 to 15 lbs. each. Employee #1 was treated and released from Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.

Keywords: SHOULDER, DISLOCATED, PIPE, TRAILER, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314146663			Non Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported

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