Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170614507 - Employee injured in fall from bed of moving truck

Accident Summary Nr: 170614507 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 07/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125668350	07/25/1997	1623	0	Pacific Gas & Electric

Abstract: On July 10, 1997, Employee #1, a construction worker, was in the back of a GMC 7000 diesel truck, securing a pipe that had come loose. The truck was stopped at a street intersection. When the light changed to green, the truck driver pulled forward to get out of the turning lane, without communicating with Employee #1. He fell from the truck and sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, DIESEL TRUCK, TRUCK, FALL, COMMUNICATION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	1	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125668350			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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