Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 52387.015 - Employee is struck by cable line and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 52387.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 04/16/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
901834.015	04/22/2013		562119	L & A Trucking Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on April 16, 2013, Employee #1 was merging off the shoulder onto the highway. The employee caught the bed lip of the truck on a cable line. While attempting to dislodge the cable line, another vehicle struck the line, ejecting the employee into the air. Employee #1 sustained a left upper extremity amputation and blunt force trauma, killing him.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught By, Ejected, Struck By, Vehicle, Wire Line

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	901834.015	58	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause:

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