Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201091329 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY A DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 201091329 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 12/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126209592	12/17/1997	1611	0	Breckley Contracting, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:05 a.m. on December 17, 1997, Employee #1 was working as a laborer on a highway paving job in Bakersfield, California. Employee #1 was late coming to the project due to mechanical problems involving a company truck earlier that day. After arriving at the job site, Employee #1 talked with the boss then walked east toward the paving operation at the south on-ramp. He walked behind an asphalt transport truck. The truck backed up and Employee #1 was struck and received fatal head injuries.

Keywords: TRUCK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, ASPHALT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126209592			Fatality	Other	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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