Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780435 - Employee killed in fall from truck bumper

Accident Summary Nr: 200780435 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300555208	08/07/1998	1611	0	L. J. Earnest, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were riding on the bumper of a truck driven by their foreman, stopping at pick up points to collect traffic signs, then riding on the bumper to the next pick up point. As they were moving, the wind lifted up one of the signs in the back of the truck. Both workers reached out to steady it, lost their balance, and fell from the bumper of the moving truck. Employee #1 struck his head on the asphalt road surface and was killed; the coworker fell on the shoulder of the road and suffered injuries that required hospitalization. Company policy forbade employees from riding on the back of a truck, but it was not commonly enforced.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGH WIND, HIGHWAY, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, TRUCK, FALL, LOST BALANCE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300555208			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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