Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 164513.015 - Employee fractures skull when knocked from truck, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 164513.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 02/22/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1730974.015	02/28/2024		238110	Ponce Equipment & More

Abstract: At 10:00 p.m. on February 22, 2024, an employee and a coworker who were working as construction laborers for a concrete contractor were riding on the tailgate of a pickup truck to a new location. The crew was moving a 20-foot piece of lumber to the new location on the jobsite. The employee and the coworker had laid the piece of wood across the toolbox in the bed of the truck. While driving, the wood was hanging off the side the truck causing it to strike a stationary wire reel that lay in their path. This caused the piece wood to be thrown backward striking the employee and the coworker. The employee was thrown from the truck causing him to strike his head on the ground. He was hospitalized and died from his injuries two days later. The coworker also sustained injuries but survived.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Construction vehicle, Fracture, Hard Hat, Head, Helmet, Laborer, Lumber, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pickup Truck, Riding on Equipment, Seat Belt, Skull, Struck Against, Struck By, Tailgate, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Wood

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1730974.015	27	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 3 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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