Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94429.015 - Employee's leg is amputated when concrete barrier fall

Accident Summary Nr: 94429.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/24/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1222176.015	04/04/2017		237110	United Brothers Development Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on March 24, 2017, an employee was overseeing the loading of concrete jersey barriers on his low boy trailer. The employee directed the loader operator to move the forward right end of the concrete barrier to straighten it out on the trailer. When the loader operator went to raise the forward right end of the barrier with forks underneath the barrier wall, the left fork tip got caught between the trailer wood and a bolt. As operator continued to raise the end of the barrier wall it broke free and the concrete barrier weighing 5,000 lbs fell off the low boy and on to the employee's foot and ankle. The employee was admitted to hospital for fractured ankle. However, the blood vessels did not heal, resulting in left leg amputation from below the knee on March 30, 2017.

Keywords: Amputated, Construction vehicle, Falling Object, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1222176.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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