Accident Report Detail

Accident: 920421 - Truck Driver Drowns While Trapped In Truck At Bottom Of Pit

**Accident: 920421 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/21/1992**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
110062957	08/25/1992	1629	Griffin Brothers Co., Inc.

Employee #1, a truck driver, backed a dump truck to the edge of a rock pit and began to dump his load of dirt. The truck flipped over on its back and sank to the bottom of the pit. Employee #1 was trapped in the cab and drowned.

Keywords: obstructed egress, construction, dump truck, pit, drown, unguarded, backing up, inattention, overturn, truck driver

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	110062957			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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