Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171017411 - Employee killed when struck by rolling truck

Accident Summary Nr: 171017411 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 08/02/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124819152	08/02/1996	2411	0	Hull Oakes Lumber Co

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on August 2, 1996, Employee #1 parked his 1993 Ford pickup truck on a 15 percent sloped road and was moving away from it. He had walked about 75 ft away when he was struck from behind by his own truck as it rolled down the hill. Witnesses attempted CPR but were unable to revive Employee #1, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck's keys were in the ignition in the locked/off position, the manual transmission was in neutral, and the parking brake had not been set.

Keywords: VEHICLE IN GEAR, BRAKE, CPR, WORK RULES, STEEP GRADE, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED, PICKUP TRUCK, LOGGING, SLOPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124819152			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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