Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170390868 - Employee Dies after Falling from Moving Utility Trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 170390868 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/23/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309670396	06/30/2006	1611	237310	T & R Pavement Markings, Inc.

Abstract: On June 14, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a construction laborer for a pavement marking contractor. He and two coworkers were moving traffic signs. Employee #1 and one of his coworkers had loaded three traffic signs into a utility trailer. They were standing in the trailer as it was being pulled, at approximately 15 mph, down the right shoulder of the highway by a company truck being driven by the other coworker. Employee #1 fell from the rear of the trailer, striking his head on the pavement. He was unresponsive, and he was taken to the hospital, where he died nine days later.

Keywords: HEAD, STRUCK AGAINST, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, ABRASION, FALL, TRAILER, HIGHWAY SHOULDER, CONTUSION, ROAD PAVING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309670396			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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