Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200630093 - Employee killed when struck by backing delivery truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200630093 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 08/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116225426	08/27/1997	5271	0	American Homes

Abstract: On August 20, 1997, Employee #1 and three coworkers came unloading furniture from a 1978 Ford truck into a manufactured home. The group consisted of a driver, the foreman, a laborer, and Employee #1, who was acting as a guide. Employee #1 got out of the box-type delivery truck and walked in back of it to guide the driver to the house. He was struck by the backing truck and died en route to the hospital. The accident was witnesses by the foreman, who was on top of the deck waiting for the furniture to be passed up to her.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, WORK RULES, TRUCK, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, GUIDE, MOTOR VEHICLE, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116225426			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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