Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200331544 - Driver Is Killed When Struck by Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200331544 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 06/02/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309115012	06/06/2005	1611	237310	Myrl & Roy'S Paving, Inc.

Abstract: On June 2, 2005, Employee #1, a truck driver, parked his truck in a construction zone while waiting to back up to a mill that was removing asphalt from a street. He left his truck to talk with a city street department employee. When returning to his truck, Employee #1 walked behind another truck, which then backed into him and killed him. The driver of the second truck could not see Employee #1 in her mirrors. Both trucks had functioning backup alarms.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, COMMUNICATION, ASPHALT, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, ROAD PAVING, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309115012			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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