Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202654513 - Employee Is Caught Between Trailer and Truck, Crushes Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 202654513 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 06/14/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317077444	06/17/2013	1622	237310	Mcm Construction Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:55 p.m. on June 14, 2013, Employee #1 was preparing to connect a trailer to a truck. Employee #1 was standing between the front of a custom double axel trailer and the rear of a pick up truck. As Employee #1 was preparing to connect the trailer to the truck, the supervisor was in the truck, backing it up to try to line up the truck's hitch with the tongue of the trailer. As the truck reversed, Employee #1's leg was crushed between the hitch of the truck and the tongue of the trailer. Employee #1 was hospitalized suffering from fractures and soft tissue damage to his left leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, CAUGHT BY, TRAILER HITCH, CRUSHED, LACERATION, TRUCK, TRAILER, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317077444			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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