Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 733030 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY PASSING VEHICLE

Accident Summary Nr: 733030 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 12/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101309284	12/08/1987	4953	0	Browning-Ferris Industries

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, EMPLOYED AS A TRASH COLLECTOR, WAS CARRYING PLASTIC BAGS OF TRASH TO THE TRUCK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE TRASH TRUCK. AT THE TIME HE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THE ROAD WAS DRY, BUT IT WAS STILL DARK (AT 7 AM). THE TRASH TRUCK HAD ITS HEADLIGHTS AND FLASHERS ON AT THE TIME. DEATH WAS CAUSED BY CEREBAL LACERATIONS, COMPOUND SKULL FRACTURES AND SEVERING OF THE LEFT LEG.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SKULL, AUTOMOBILE, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101309284			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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