Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200823300 - Driver Is Killed When Crushed by Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 200823300 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 06/22/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309766517	06/22/2006	1623	237110	Stark And Son Trenching, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 22, 2006, Employee #1, a truck driver, was helping another driver unload a 60 in. section of concrete storm sewer pipe (that weighed approximately 12,000 lbs) from a flat bed trailer. A contract employee was operating a front-end loader with a fork attachment to move the pipe. The pipe section rolled off the forks and crushed Employee #1 between the truck and the pipe. He was killed. This offloading procedure was routine, and was performed frequently. There were no weather factors contributing to the accident. The company had a safety program.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CRUSHED, CONCRETE PIPE, OFF LOADING, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FLATBED TRUCK, CONCRETE, TRUCK DRIVER, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		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	309766517			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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