Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202450110 - Employee crushed by overturned water truck and later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 202450110 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309388239	09/19/2005	1629	238910	Swell Construction Co.

Abstract: On September 15, 2005, Employee #1 was driving a large water truck in off-road operations in order to water freshly laid grass sod. Employee #1 drove the truck down a steep embankment with a slope of 3 to 1 and the truck overturned. Employee #1 was not wearing a seatbelt and fell out of the vehicle when it overturned and became pinned by the truck. Employee #1 was hospitalized and died 3 days later.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, ASPHYXIATED, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, TRUCK, UNTRAINED, 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		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309388239			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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