Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200925923 - Employee Is Killed When Dump Truck Rolls Over

Accident Summary Nr: 200925923 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 04/15/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314143629	04/15/2010	1611	237310	Bizzack Construction Llc

Abstract: On April 15, 2010, an employee was driving an articulating dump truck loaded with rock. When the employee pulled away from the load area, he was traveling near the high wall at approximately 3-5 mph. Gradually, the truck started drifting left toward a steep embankment. The truck went over the embankment and rolled over multiple times for an approximate distance of 800-1,000 feet and came to rest on the driver's side at the bottom. The employee was found approximately five feet downhill from the cab. He was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, MOTOR VEHICLE, OVERTURN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314143629			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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