Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170368757 - Manager Is Struck and Killed by Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 170368757 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 11/10/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310326939	11/13/2006	1611	237310	E & B Paving

Abstract: On November 10, 2006, Employee #1, a quality control manager with E & B Paving, was inspecting a highway construction project. He was struck and killed by a truck that was backing up to a paving machine. The driver was unaware that Employee #1 had entered the area behind his truck. Witnesses indicated that Employee #1 may have been talking on his cell phone with his back toward the rear of the truck at the time of the accident. Two police officers and the Chief Deputy Coroner reportedly witnessed that the backup alarm was not working at that time. After the truck was impounded by the county coroner, an inspection revealed that the backup alarm was working; however a loose terminal could have caused the alarm to operate intermittently. The inspection also revealed brake problems with this truck. The Chandler Deputy Chief of Police and the Chief Deputy Coroner determined that the truck was overloaded at the time of the incident. Employees working on this site, including Employee #1, had not been wearing safety vests.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, HIGHWAY, TRUCK, OFF LOADING, COMMUNICATION, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310326939			Fatality	Other	Construction inspectors	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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