Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202169371 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 202169371 -- Report ID: 0253650 -- Event Date: 02/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307964338	02/15/2005	9511	924110	Nycdos

Abstract: At approximately 10:40 a.m. on February 7, 2005, Employee #1 was driving a garbage dump truck, Vehicle Number 25CN206, northbound on the New Jersey Turnpike, near Exit 16E, when his vehicle collided with a flat bed trailer that was transporting steel I-beams. One of the beams passed straight through the cab of his vehicle, at the center of the windshield, and struck the container section of the truck. A second, shorter beam then entered the driver's side of the windshield and struck Employee #1 in the chest, killing him.

Keywords: BEAM, CHEST, GARBAGE TRUCK, HIGHWAY, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, MOTOR VEHICLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307964338			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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