Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200672897 - Employee killed when run over by dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200672897 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303185565	09/28/2000	1611	0	Sheltra & Son Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were instructed to pick up unused traffic cones and barricades at a road construction site. Work had started on the construction of a sidewalk, and dump trucks were backing along the berm of a road under construction to dump dirt. Employee #1 was retrieving the base of a plastic traffic cone when one of the dump trucks backed over him. He died of blunt impact trauma to his head, torso, and musculoskeletal system. The dump truck's back-up alarm was operating at the time of the accident.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, SIGNALMAN, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303185565			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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