Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200211175 - Employee killed when struck by transport truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200211175 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 10/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305898546	10/16/2002	1611	238990	Hunter Industries, Ltd.

Abstract: On October 14, 2002, a highway construction crew was waiting for a transport truck to deliver a load of lime pellets to the jobsite location so they could spread them along a stretch of new construction. The transport truck driver was given directions by the Project Superintendent on where he should back up. The transport truck driver began his unloading run and when he got to the end, there were still lime pellets in the trailer to dump. The driver talked to the Project Superintendent by radio and was told to back up and begin another short unloading run. The driver began backing up when Employee #1, the blademan, ran down the new construction roadway waving his arms and indicating the driver to stop. The driver struck and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, WORK RULES, LIME, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, MOTOR VEHICLE, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305898546			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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