Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200331924 - Employee killed when run over by backing asphalt truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200331924 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 07/18/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311239743	07/19/2007	1611	237310	Aggregate Industries

Abstract: At approximately 1:25 p.m. on July 18, 2007, Employee #1, an asphalt truck driver for Aggregate Industries, was on the ground with another truck driver, hand-oiling a manhole cover. As they were working, the driver of a TAC truck, who was applying the first layer of oil, backed over Employee #1, killing him. His coworker was also struck by the truck, but was knocked clear and was not injured. None of the six coworkers at the site remembered hearing the TAC truck's back-up horn. The truck's backup alarm was tested the following day and was barely audible.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, HIGHWAY, SIGNALMAN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, ROAD PAVING

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311239743			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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