Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102114.015 - Employee is killed when dump truck overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 102114.015 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 01/10/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1287072.015	01/10/2018		238910	New Berlin Grading, Inc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on January 10, 2018, a truck driver had just finished unloading materials from his dump truck. As the employee was driving back to the excavation area to receive another load of material, he inadvertently drove off the haulage road, resulting in the dump truck overturning. The employee suffered a severe laceration to his head and became trapped inside the cab of the truck, which collapsed. The employee's died from mechanical asphyxiation when the cab collapsed and forced his head into his chest.

Keywords: Collapse, Dump Truck, Embankment, Roll-Over, Truck Driver

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1287072.015	57	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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