Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201074572 - Employee Is Struck and Killed by Falling Lumber

Accident Summary Nr: 201074572 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 12/24/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312680887	12/24/2009	4214	484110	Bustillos Business Group Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:18 a.m. on December 24, 2009, Employee #1, a truck driver, was adjusting the cribbing of a flatbed semi tractor-trailer on a lumberyard located in Chula Vista, CA. He was a Mexican citizen from Ensenada, who was employed by Trinidad Bustillos. The trailer was to be loaded with five laminated construction beams (approximate weight 2600 pounds). Employee #1 was standing on the opposite side of the trailer prior to the loading of the beams. During the loading operation, the beams slipped from the forks of an industrial truck and fell, striking and killing Employee #1.

Keywords: BEAM, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LUMBER, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312680887			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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