Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042132 - Employee Falls from Truck Bumper and Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201042132 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 01/20/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308216134	01/25/2005	1741	238140	Frank Iovino & Sons Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: On January 20, 2005, three masonry employees loaded a Chevrolet stake-bed truck with panels to begin work. Two employees got in the cab of the truck and Employee #1 stood on the back bumper to smoke a cigarette while they travelled to their work area within the development. The vehicle operator stopped at the first stop sign and then had driven about sixty more feet when he heard some panels falling from the rear of the truck. The vehicle operator looked back and noticed that Employee #1 was not there. The vehicle operator made a U-turn and saw Employee #1 lying on the roadway. Upon reaching Employee #1, the driver noticed that Employee #1 was unconscious, but there was no visible evidence of injuries. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to the hospital, but he never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead on January 24, 2005.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, FALL, MOTOR VEHICLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308216134			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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