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Accident Summary Nr: 741447 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING TRUCK CARGO

Accident Summary Nr: 741447 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 08/27/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111993325	09/06/1991	5211	0	Patio Industries

Abstract: AT ABOUT 9:30 AM ON AUGUST 27, 1991, A 36-YEAR-OLD TRUCK DRIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN TWO BUNDLES OF WIRE MESH, WEIGHING 4,125 POUNDS EACH, FELL FROM HIS FLAT BED TRUCK AND BOUNCED ONTO HIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST A DIRT EMBANKMENT. 911 WAS CALLED. PARAMEDICS ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO HENRY MAYO HOSPITAL. HE WAS TREATED FOR SEPARATION OF HIS PELVIS ON BOTH SIDES, A BROKEN RIGHT WRIST, TWO TORN LIGAMENTS ON HIS LEFT KNEE, AND A FRACTURED SPINE. HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1991 FOR RECUPERATION AT HIS RESIDENCE.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, SPINE, UNSECURED, PINNED, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, TRUCK DRIVER, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111993325			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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