Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 518886 - Employee killed when crushed between scoop and truck bed

Accident Summary Nr: 518886 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 06/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109511873	06/11/1996	1542	0	B K Enterprises

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on June 10, 1996, Employee #1 and a coworker were loading garbage into the back of a Mitsubishi garbage truck, model 13K16D, located behind Bobbie's Cafe in Saipan. Employee #1 was sorting through some discarded 25 cent coin wrappers looking for quarters when he inadvertently engaged the START button on the hydraulic trash scoop with his left hand. His upper body was inside the back end of the garbage truck when the trash scoop began to cycle, and he was killed when his head was crushed between the scoop and the garbage truck bed. The coworker was approximately 5 feet behind the garbage truck sorting through the dumpster when the accident occurred.

Keywords: GARBAGE TRUCK, HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109511873			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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