Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200350270 - Employee killed when crushed between truck and dumpster

Accident Summary Nr: 200350270 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301783155	03/27/1997	1799	0	Enpuricon Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was a passenger in a truck when the driver noticed that the window on his side was vibrating. The driver left the vehicle to run inside a building and pick up a piece of insulation to put it in the window and stop the vibration. When he left, Employee #1 was still sitting in the passenger seat. When he returned three to four minutes later, the truck had rolled down a slight incline. Employee #1's body was found crushed against a large metal dumpster on the driver's side. There were no witnesses to this accident.

Keywords: BRAKE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DUMPSTER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, TRUCK, UNMANNED, SLOPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301783155			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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