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Accident: 31575.015 - Hospital Worker Is Pinned Against Wall By Runaway Truck And
Accident: 31575.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 05/15/2012 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 432377.015 | 05/16/2012 | Kane Community Hospital | |||||
| At noon on May 15, 2012, an employee was working for a childrens hospital. The employee worked for a firm that performed landscaping, arborist services, and tr imming trees at the hospital. The employee was speaking with a hospital employee about who do they need to notify for herbicide spraying treatment along a nearb y power lines later in the summer. During the discussion, the employee's vehicl e was idling on a hill and the employee was going to be taken into the hospital to speak with the maintenance department. As the employee and the hospital worke r got closer to the door, the vehicle started moving down the hill. The truck hi t a picnic table, which then struck the hospital employee. The hospital employee was initially pinned against a wall by the table and table was pinned against t he employee's upper legs and lower torso. Once the vehicle was removed, hospital staff began working on the employee. However, the employee died. | |||||||
Keywords:
brake, leg, motor vehicle, pinned, slope, struck by, torso, tree trimming, truck
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 432377.015 | 53 | M | Fatality | Managers, medicine and health | ||