Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201271582 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Trackhoe and Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201271582 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 08/01/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304715865	08/01/2002	1623	0	Adams & Dunlap Construction Co.

Abstract: On August 1, 2002, Employee #1, a dump truck driver at the site of a sewer pipe installation, was waiting while a trackhoe operator loaded excavated soil into his truck bed. When he finished, the coworker told Employee #1 that he could go ahead to the dump area. Employee #1 went to get a shovel to clean dirt from the apron of the dump truck and was walking between the trackhoe and the dump truck when the coworker began to back up. Employee #1 became pinned between the dump truck and the trackhoe's counterweight. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ABDOMEN, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, BACKHOE, COMMUNICATION, BACKING UP, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304715865			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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