Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200371672 - Employee injured when struck by truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200371672 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/31/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303559744	08/02/2001	1611	0	Eagle Construction Co

Abstract: On July 31, 2001, Employee #1 and other employees were doing erosion control after the previous week of heavy rains. A grease truck needed to back up to make room. The operator looked in the rear view mirror and proceeded to back up. Employee #1, who was on the ground, did not hear the back-up alarm and was struck. He sustained multiple fractures and was hospitalized. All alarms and safety equipment were operating correctly.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ALARM, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, NOISE, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303559744			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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