Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14491500 - TRASH EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY GARBAGE CONTAINER

Accident Summary Nr: 14491500 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 08/04/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100726892	08/04/1986	4212	0	C & A Carbone Corporation

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, WORKING ALONE, WAS EMPTYING GARBAGE FROM A 10 YARD OPEN CONTAINER INTO THE REAR OF A 25 YARD REAR-LOADING SANITATION TRUCK. THE 10 YARD OPEN CONTAINER WAS LIFTED BY A WINCH MOUNTED ON THE TOP REAR OF THE SANITATION TRUCK CONNECTED TO A HOOK PLACED ON THE REAR OF THE OPEN CONTAINER. WHILE THE CONTAINER WAS BEING RAISED, THE CONTAINER PIVOTED AND SWUNG TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1 TO DEATH.

Keywords: GARBAGE TRUCK, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100726892			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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