Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200420230 - Employee Dies When Crushed by Dump Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200420230 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 04/18/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311095160	04/19/2011	1611	237310	Barnhill Contracting Company

Abstract: On April 18, 2011, an employee was working in the front blind spot of a dump truck driver who could not see him. A coworker was bending over in front of a dump truck nailing a string line to the roadway as a guide for the paver operator to use when paving. The truck spotter walked toward the paving machine and tapped the employee the hard hat cautioning him of the impending truck movement. The spotter made eye contact with the dump truck driver through the passenger side window, and signaled the driver to back the truck up to a position in front of the paving machine. The driver, unaware of the employee working directly in front of him, traveled forward instead of backwards in order to reposition the front tires so as not to roll through the adjacent fresh asphalt, thereby crushing and killing the employee with the right front tire.

Keywords: CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311095160			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	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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