Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202657227 - Employee Is Struck By Vehicle And Suffers Multiple Injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 202657227 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 01/12/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316668854	01/18/2013	0181	111421	La Verne Nursery Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 a.m. on January 12, 2013, Employee #1, a fieldwork and mechanic assistant, was bleeding the brake on an Isuzu NPR Electromatic flatbed truck Number 50 (Vehicle Identification Number JALC4B1K8N7008423). He had bled the brakes on the Isuzu flatbed three times before. To access the break line, Employee #1 reached behind the rear wheel. As he did this, the truck rolled forward and struck him. Employee #1 sustained serious and multiple injuries, which included a fracture lower right leg and ankle, and multiple left sided rib fractures. He was transported to a medical center. At the hospital, Employee #1 was treated for his injuries and then hospitalized for approximately eight days.

Keywords: fracture, brake, mechanic, truck, rib, struck by, run over, ankle, leg

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316668854			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, light

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