Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170617427 - Employee killed when crushed between dump truck bed and cab

Accident Summary Nr: 170617427 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 03/15/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120217351	03/16/1996	0781	0	Shimada Landscape Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, of Shimada Landscape, Inc., was using a dump truck to haul compost. He had trouble lowering the dump, so he returned to the company's equipment yard and raised the bed. He was examining the hydraulic pump under the bed when he apparently activated the mechanism, causing the bed to fall. Employee #1 was crushed and killed between the bed and the cab. It was the first time he had used the dump truck, and he had not been trained in its safe use.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT, UNTRAINED, HYDRAULIC PUMP, DUMP TRUCK BED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120217351			Fatality	Other	Animal caretakers, except farm

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