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Accident Summary Nr: 51106.015 - Employee dies after he is pinned against vertical surface by

Accident Summary Nr: 51106.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 08/20/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
934282.015	08/22/2013		561730	Classic Irrigation & Landscape, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on August 20, 2013, an employee was working for a landscaping service. He was at his workplace and was attaching battery cables to a tractor battery so that he could start the tractor. When the tractor started, it moved forward at an unknown speed, pinning the employee between the tractor and the frame of a flatbed truck. The employee sustained injuries to the cervical portion of his spine as well as his chest. He also sustained severe internal damage and he died.

Keywords: Battery, Chest, Flatbed Truck, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle, Pinned, Spine, Started In Gear, Struck By, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	934282.015	34	M	Fatality		Horticultural specialty farmers

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