Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200673960 - Employee Is Killed When Run over by Backing Dump Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200673960 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/26/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305500613	08/27/2002	1611	0	Lanzo Construction Co., Of Florida

Abstract: At approximately 2:11 p.m. on August 26, 2002, Employee #1 went to his personal vehicle to get a raincoat because a light rain had started to fall. On his way back to his work site, he walked behind a dump truck that was backing down the highway work zone with its back-up alarm operating. Employee #1 was crushed and killed under the rear tires of the truck. He was wearing a reflective vest at the time of the accident.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305500613			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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