Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202422242 - Employee Is Crushed by Truck Backing Up

Accident Summary Nr: 202422242 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 04/14/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311827547	04/16/2008	1731	238210	W F Anderson Electric Inc

Abstract: On April 14, 2008, an employee, an apprentice electrician, was assisting a truck driver backing a truck down an incline by acting as a spotter to the rear of the truck. The employee moved to a position in the driver's blind spot and was pinned between the truck and a conveyor frame. The employee was hospitalized for a serious crushing injury to the pelvic area. The brakes on the truck had not been maintained in safe operating condition.

Keywords: PINNED, ELECTRICIAN, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PELVIS, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311827547			Hospitalized injury	Other	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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