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Accident Summary Nr: 172555.015 - Employee dies from multiple trauma after run over by trailer
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1792722.015 | 12/10/2024 | 238910 | Victor A Colunga |
Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 9, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a trucking company was delivering caliche for back-fill to a work site. The site was a graded, rolled and compacted well drilling patch site. The truck-trailer became stuck so a coworker operating a bulldozer pushing the vehicle in an attempt to free the truck. When he stepped outside the truck cab, the employee got caught between the trailer belly dump rear axels on the driver side of the truck. The employee died from multiple trauma when he was run over by the trailer rear axles.
Keywords:
Axle, Bulldozer, Caught Between, Delivery Work, Dozer, Driver, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Run Over, Struck By, Stuck, Tire, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver, Wheel
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other heavy construction | Other | X | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1792722.015 | 81 | M | Fatality | Truck drivers, heavy | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: |