Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201281144 - Employee Is Killed by Truck's Falling Roof Door

Accident Summary Nr: 201281144 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 06/22/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303386940	06/22/2001	4953	0	Bfi Waste Services Of Lawrenceville, Llc

Abstract: On June 22, 2001, Employee #1 was operating a side loader recycling truck, when she was found caught between the recycling truck's body and the truck's roof door, towards the back of the vehicle (the newspaper section). Apparently, she had climbed on the recycling material loading containers to get access to the inside of the truck to manually move wet paper to make more room. During this procedure, the hydraulic / pneumatic system that holds the roof door seems to have failed, dropping the roof door across Employee #1's chest and killing her.

Keywords: CHEST, GARBAGE TRUCK, PINNED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, WASTE PROC FAC, STRUCK BY, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303386940			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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