Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129688.015 - Employee is killed after being caught between truck and pole

Accident Summary Nr: 129688.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 09/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1493951.015	09/22/2020		562111	Pro Disposal Inc.

Abstract: At 8:28 a.m. on September 22, 2020, an employee was collecting trash while his coworker was driving the garbage truck that the employee was loading. The coworker placed the vehicle in reverse in order to back into an alley while the employee was positioned on the rear side step. The employee was caught between a utility pole and the vehicle crushing him. He suffered head and body blunt force trauma and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Concussion, Crushed, Driver, Fracture, Garbage Truck, Head, Industrial Truck, Jump On Moving Equip, Struck Against, Trash Compactor, Truck, Truck Driver, Utility Pole

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1493951.015	24	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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