Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201407897 - Employee Is Crushed by Overturning Dump Box

Accident Summary Nr: 201407897 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/30/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307761155	05/30/2007	1794	238910	Crandell Bros Trucking Co

Abstract: On May 29, 2007, Employee #1 was sitting in the driver's seat of a tractor trailer, while another employee was dumping a load of soil from a tractor trailer next to him. The box being emptied turned over while it was elevated, landing on Employee #1. He was crushed and killed by the overturned box.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DUMPER, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR TRAILER, OVERTURN, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307761155			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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