Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201572971 - Employee Killed When Struck by a Backing Up Dump Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201572971 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 10/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309000255	10/11/2005	1794	238910	M&B Pond And Lagoon Inc.

Abstract: On October 07, 2005, Employee #1, a back-hoe operator who at the time of the incident was greasing the bucket on the excavator he was operating when, a backing-up dump truck crushed Employee #1 between the excavator bucket and the back of the dump truck. Prior to the incident the excavator operated by employee #1 was being used to load dirt into the dump truck for removal to another area on site. Employee #1 died on October 8, 2005 from complications due to the injuries. It is believed that at the time of this incident, the backup alarm on the dump truck was not working.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309000255			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Dredging Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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