Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200090231 - Employee killed when tractor cab crushed

Accident Summary Nr: 200090231 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 06/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302668918	06/29/2000	4212	0	Cuppernell Brothers Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were both transporting low permeable material from the Big Dig highway and bridge development project in Boston, MA to the Rhode Island Resource and Recovery landfill in Johnston, RI. The end-dump trailer trucks were parked side by side, 3 ft away from one another, while dumping the material at the landfill. The load in one of the end dump trailers shifted to the side while the trailer was raised, causing the trailer to fall over onto the tractor of the adjacent truck. The cab was crushed, killing Employee #1. The cause of the accident was side by side dumping.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, TRACTOR--TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK BED, OVERTURN, TRUCK DRIVER, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302668918			Fatality	Asphyxia	Truck drivers, heavy

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