Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201023579 - Truck Driver Is Injured When Struck By Tow Truck
Accident: 201023579 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/21/2011 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125485458 | 06/23/2011 | 7549 | Redhill Towing & Auto Body Inc | ||||
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 21, 2011, Employee #1, a 44-year-old male truck driver with Redhill Towing & Auto Body Inc., was operating a Nissan tow- truck with a Jerr-Dan tilting bed, on a steep single lane street. Employee #1 raised the tilting bed, making contact with the street, and the rear wheels (brakes were air/hydraulic) failed, causing the truck to take off down the hill and off the road. Employee #1 was hit and dragged along with the truck, sustaining fractures to his hip, left arm and leg. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, brake, truck, struck by, arm, hip, motor vehicle, leg, truck driver
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 125485458 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Truck drivers, light |