Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201158623 - Employee is Injured When Struck and Dragged by Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201158623 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/15/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300864543	01/16/2004	1611	237310	Yeager-Skanska Inc

Abstract: At about 11:27 a.m. on December 15, 2003, Employee #1, a regular employee of a firm of 950 employees engaged in heavy highway construction, was walking on concrete pavement on the south side of the 91 Freeway eastbound. His foreman was backing up a one-ton Ford F-350 XL flatbed truck, serial number 566, used to transport construction material. After Employee #1 had walked about 200 feet, he was run over by the truck's right rear tire, on the passenger side of the truck. The accident caused paralysis on the right side of his head and face. Also, he sustained multiple fractures of his face, left leg, and ribs, and his lungs collapsed. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LUNG, PARALYSIS, TRUCK, RIB, FACE, FLATBED TRUCK, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300864543			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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