Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 172588.015 - Employee dies from head trauma when struck road in fall off

Accident Summary Nr: 172588.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 12/10/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1792947.015	12/10/2024		238110	Connight Construction Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on December 10, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a concrete contractor jumped on the back of a flatbed truck as his work crew was going to lunch. The coworker driving the truck pulled forward before shifting into reverse and then back into drive. When driver began going forward, the employee fell off the truck hitting his head on asphalt. The employee died from head trauma.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Concrete, Concrete Form Work, Concussion, Construction, Construction vehicle, Driver, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Truck, Fracture, Head, Laborer, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Struck Against, Truck, Truck Driver

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1792947.015	21	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 5 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause:

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