Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201340825 - Employee Crushed and Killed by End Dump Tractor

Accident Summary Nr: 201340825 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 12/20/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302757851	12/21/1999	4953	0	Deffenbaugh Industries Inc

Abstract: Waste material inside the trailer of an end dump tractor was frozen causing a hung load after being raised. The trailer was raised higher. The driver then drove the load forward on a soft compacted area of the landfill. There were high winds, causing the trailer to fall over onto Employee #1. Employee #1 was sitting on the passenger side of a residential garbage truck that was parked next to the end dump tractor trailer. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Keywords: GARBAGE TRUCK, HIGH WIND, CRUSHED, LANDFILL, FALL, TRACTOR TRAILER, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302757851			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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