Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201622495 - Employee Is Killed When Run over by Dump Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201622495 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 02/19/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310874862	02/20/2008	1794	238910	Klus Construction Of Oregon Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:40 a.m. on February 19, 2008, a construction firm was dumping gravel on a roadway. Employee #1 was walking up the road in front of a dump truck, flagging the truck to its destination. As the truck passed by Employee #1, he tried to jump onto the driver's side running board. He slipped and fell under the truck's dual rear wheels. Before the driver could stop, Employee #1 was run over and killed.

Keywords: WHEEL, JUMP ON MOVING EQUIP, FLAGMAN, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, RUN OVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310874862			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators

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