Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 920421 - Truck driver drowns while trapped in truck at bottom of pit
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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110062957 | 08/25/1992 | 1629 | 0 | Griffin Brothers Co., Inc. |
Abstract: 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.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 110062957 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |