Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202505400 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Cabin and Dump Bed

Accident Summary Nr: 202505400 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 07/25/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312438559	07/28/2008	1629	238910	Norris E Taylor Contractors Inc

Abstract: On July 25, 2008, Employee #1 was working near the pond stock at an old landfill, piling the brush and other debris. Employee #1 started working on the Volvo dump truck, since the foreman left in the early afternoon. In order to add hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic fluid tank, Employee #1 raised the dump truck bed and held it using the excavator bucket. Refilling the hydraulic fluid to the dump truck was a routine activity. Neither block nor any other safety guards were used when performing this activity. At that time, Employee #1 was standing on the frame of the dump truck, between the cabin and the dump bed. The bed started to lower and Employee #1 was crushed between the cabin of the truck and the dump bed. He was killed.

Keywords: CHEST, SAFETY BLOCK, HYDRAULIC FLUID, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LANDFILL, DUMP TRUCK, TANK, DUMP TRUCK BED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312438559			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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