Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200920072 - Employee killed when struck by backing dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200920072 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 05/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125471110	05/21/1998	1611	0	General Excavation Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was walking in the middle of a two-lane roadway under construction while a coworker was operating an off-road dump truck, compacting the soil. The truck was backing up when he was struck by its right rear tires. Employee #1 was killed. The driver did not see him and the truck's reverse signal alarm was not working at the time of the accident.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, HIGHWAY, SIGNALMAN, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, BACKING UP

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	125471110			Fatality	Fracture	Operating engineers	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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