Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111119.015 - Employee is crushed and run over by truck

Accident Summary Nr: 111119.015 -- Report ID: 0253640 -- Event Date: 11/14/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1361242.015	11/14/2018		237310	Hempstead Tn Dept Of Sanitation

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on December 14, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a municipal sanitation department, were engaged in garbage collection duties. The coworker was driving a sanitation truck, and Employee #1 was riding on the sanitation truck's rear step. The sanitation truck struck a parked lawn maintenance truck, and Employee #1 was pinned between the two vehicles. Employee #1 then fell to the ground, whereupon he was run over by the sanitation truck. Employee #1 sustained traumatic crushing injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Caught Between, Collision, Construction, Crushed, Crushing, Fall, Fall Protection, Garbage Truck, Pinned, Riding on Equipment, Run Over, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1361242.015	60	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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