Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202563102 - Employee Is Injured When Load Falls from Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 202563102 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/28/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312350630	11/03/2008	1791	238120	Lee'S Imperial Welding, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:00 a.m., on October 28, 2008, Employee #1 was a truck driver delivering a load of material to a commercial building. He released the binders on the load and was injured when a 4 ft by 8 ft by 0.75 in. piece of angle iron fell off the trailer and struck his left foot. He was hospitalized for treatment of an unspecified fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, METAL RAIL, UNSECURED, TRUCK, LOAD BINDER, FOOT, TRUCK DRIVER, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312350630			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, light	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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