Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117696.015 - Employee is crushed by backing up dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 117696.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 04/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1395033.015	04/17/2019		237310	V.E. Whitehurst And Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on April 17, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were engaged in road repair work. Employee #1 was part of a crew dumping asphalt on the road. After finishing work on the road's south end, he began to walk toward the road's north end. The coworker was operating a dump truck and backing up the truck. The coworker did not see Employee #1, and the dump truck struck and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: Asphalt, Backing Up, Construction, Crushed, Dump Truck, Repair, Road Paving, Struck By

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1395033.015	27	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause:

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