Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14557730 - EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY BACKING ASPHALT TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14557730 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 07/30/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102040581	07/30/1986	3089	0	Sunbelt Custom Injection Moulders, Inc.

Abstract: A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS PAVING THE PASSING LANE OF I-40, EAST OF CUERVO, NEW MEXICO. A BELLY DUMP TRUCK WAS DELIVERING A LOAD OF HOT MIX ASPHALT. THE WIND WAS BLOWING THE PETRO MAT UP. THREE EXTRA LABORERS WERE ASSIGNED THE JOB OF THROWING SOME MIX ON IT TO HOLD IT DOWN. THE DUMP TRUCK WAS NEW AND HAD NOT YET BEEN FITTED WITH A BACK UP ALARM. NEITHER THE DUMPER PERSON OR THE TRUCK DRIVER COULD SEE EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS TRYING TO HOLD THE MAT DOWN AS THE TRUCK BACKED UP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY THE REAR WHEEL.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, RUN OVER, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102040581			Fatality	Concussion	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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