Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200377521 - Cement Spreader Overturned and Crushed Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 200377521 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/05/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317893097	06/08/2015	1611	237310	Lci-Lineberger Construction Inc

Abstract: On Friday, June 5, 2015 at approximately 9:30 AM, Employee #1 was delivering 46,000 pounds of dry Giant Portland cement in a Mack truck with a cement spreader (Equipment Number 1038). He was driving in a road construction area, traveling downhill on the road. When he crossed a T intersection, he went down a 12-foot embankment. The cement spreader struck a tree, flipped over, and landed upside down on the ground. Employee #1 died from positional asphyxia and severe traumatic injuries. His company was a road construction contractor that was repaving a road that the cement spreader crossed. The employee was driving the cement spreader for the first time during this construction project.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, UNTRAINED, MOTOR VEHICLE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317893097			Fatality	Asphyxia	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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