Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201941879 - Employee killed when hauler flips over and pins leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201941879 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 08/16/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307260711	08/19/2004	1629	238910	Isemoto Contracting Co Ltd

Abstract: On August 16, 2004, Employee #1 was driving a Volvo A25C hauler down a beach access road when he lost control of the vehicle. The hauler flipped over, pinning his right leg under the cab. Employee #1 was transported by emergency helicopter to Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, HI, where he died several hours later. The cab ended up on its left side, with the dump bed upright and one of tires on the lava rock shoulder; the hauler was facing the opposite direction from the way it had been traveling.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, LEG, OVERTURN, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307260711			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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