Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 765370 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY BACKING TRASH TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 765370 -- Report ID: 0931200 -- Event Date: 10/04/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100549633	11/06/1987	4953	0	Webster'S Refuse Disposal, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2:45 PM ON OCTOBER 4, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A HELPER ON A TRASH TRUCK, WAS HELPING UNLOAD A LOAD OF TRASH AT THE BKK LANDFILL IN WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA. HE UNLOCKED THE BACK OF THE TRASH TRUCK AND PREPARED TO DUMP THE LOAD OF HOUSEHOLD TRASH. ANOTHER TRASH TRUCK (AN 18 WHEELER WITH A 40 FOOT OPEN-BED TRAILER) BEGAN TO BACK UP TOWARD HIS TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY THE LEFT REAR WHEELS OF THE 40 FOOT TRAILER.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, WHEEL, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100549633			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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