Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831697 - Employee knocked unconscious in dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 170831697 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 07/05/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303692917	07/05/2000	1794	0	C. William Hetzer, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the operator of a Volvo A25C dump truck, had released a load of dirt and was returning down a hill when he lost control of his vehicle. The right side of his truck struck a 15 ft earthen berm, causing his head to knock against the inside of the cab on both sides and rendering him unconscious. The truck then veered to the left and drove another 140 ft before going over a 6 ft embankment. Employee #1's head struck the inside of the cab several more times. The truck continued another 527 ft until it came to a stop against a small hill. Employee #1 sustained a fractured skull and other had trauma, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, SKULL, DUMP TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, TRUCK DRIVER

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303692917			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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