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Accident: 201330743 - Employee Is Killed When Stuck By Tail Gate Door

**Accident: 201330743 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 07/12/2004**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
307843482	07/13/2004	1795	Frederico Construction Co., Inc.

On July 12, 2004, Employee #1, of Federico Construction Company Inc., was Killed when he was struck by the rear swing gate of a demolition trailer. An excavator bucket was set inside the trailer. When the trailer pulled away, the excavator bucket caught on the door, causing the safety latch and chain to break and the door to swing open. Employee #1 was standing along side of the truck and was struck by the door.

Keywords: chain, safety latch, demolition, excavator, struck by, trailer, door

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	307843482			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site grading and rock removal FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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