Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 161757.015 - Employee is killed in fall from utility trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 161757.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 11/02/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1711414.015	11/16/2023		562998	Waste Recycling Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on November 2, 2023, Employee #1 was riding on the back of a 2500 HD Chev Crew Cab Truck with a utility trailer attached, performing trash container servicing. The crew was preparing to move to the next street, and when the driver made a left turn and then a right turn to get onto the next street, he noticed that Employee #1 was no longer on the trailer. Employee #1 became incapacitated and fell from the trailer. Employee #1 suffered a brainstem herniation due to traumatic brain injury with depressed skull fracture and was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hernia, Skull, Trailer, Traumatic Brain Injury, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1711414.015	29	M	Fatality		Technicians, n.e.c.

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