Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 896589 - Employee injured when neck impaled on gear shift

Accident Summary Nr: 896589 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 02/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300664356	02/16/1999	1799	0	J. L. Gilbert & Son

Abstract: Employee #1 was using an over-the-road tractor truck to pull a house to a new location on a trailer-type assembly. The chimney, which had been braced and supported, became dislodged from the house and fell onto the cab of the truck. Employee #1's neck was impaled on the gear shift, and he was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries.

Keywords: STRUCTURE MOVING, IMPALED, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, NECK, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR--TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT, CHIMNEY, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300664356			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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