Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201320884 - Employee Dies after Being Struck by Dump Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201320884 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 07/26/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309859189	07/26/2006	1623	237110	James T. O'Hara, Inc.

Abstract: On July 26, 2006, a construction worker was installing a sewer. He was removing pipe sections from the bucket of a loader, and laying them out on the east side of the road. The driver of an empty dump truck backed up, into the road, with its back-up alarm sounding. It is believed that the employee slipped and fell onto the roadway as the dump truck backed up. He died from crushing injuries to his chest and head.

Keywords: SEWER, FRACTURE, HEAD, INSTALLING, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, DUMP TRUCK, FALL, STRUCK BY, MOTOR VEHICLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309859189			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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