Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 78071.015 - Employee is killed after falling from a dump truck step

Accident Summary Nr: 78071.015 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 06/26/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1077597.015	07/02/2015		324121	Deboer Custom Pavement, Llc

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on June 26, 2015, an employee was waiting for a load at a job site when he began to clean the windows of his truck. When finished, the employee allegedly fell while climbing down from the hood of the truck, striking the ground below. The height of the fall was approximately four feet. On June 29, 2015, the employee went to the emergency room where doctors determined that he had a ruptured spleen and subsequently underwent surgery on July 1, 2015. The employee died the following day as a result of complications from his injury.

Keywords: Construction vehicle, Elevated Work Platform, Fall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1077597.015	46	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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