Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200200418 - Employee killed in fall from bed of moving pickup truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200200418 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 12/15/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300176054	12/16/1997	1741	0	Lamar Greenway Construction

Abstract: Two workers were riding in the cab of a 1979 Ford dump truck, and Employee #1 and a coworker were riding in the truck bed. They were using the pickup truck to remove discarded material from a construction site and to retrieve reusable materials for resale. They had also been instructed by the employer to build a brick fence around the landfill on Gun Club Road. The truck's dumping mechanism was not working properly, so two employees had to ride in the back of the truck to help the workers inside the cab when it came time to remove the rubbish. Employee #1 was either sitting on top of the dump bed or standing up in the truck as it exited the construction site onto Gun Club Road. According to police reports, Employee #1 fell down in the back of the truck and was then thrown from the bed onto the ground. He was killed. The police report also indicated that the driver may have been speeding at the time of the accident.

Keywords: EJECTED, HIGHWAY, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, TRUCK, FALL, PICKUP TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300176054			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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