Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201023140 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 201023140 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 12/23/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300752789	12/23/2010	1611	237310	John Benward Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on December 23, 2010, an employee was refueling a Skid Steer at the fuel station in front of the main building of the equipment yard in Sonoma, CA. A Peterbilt dump truck backed up and hit the employee, crushing him between the truck and the skid steer and killing him. The Santa Rosa District Office received a report of a fatal accident from the Administration Office of the John Benward Company, Inc., a general engineering contractor. At 9:30 a.m., the Division responded with an immediate site investigation. The employee was a permanent truck driver and laborer of the company.

Keywords: REFUELING, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300752789			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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