Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 953232 - Employee dies when run over by garbage truck wheels

Accident Summary Nr: 953232 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 02/14/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123673279	02/14/1994	4953	0	City Of Chesapeake/Dept. Public Works-Solid Waste

Abstract: At 11:55 a.m. on February 14, 1994, Employee #1 was working as a laborer loading residential garbage cans into a side-loader truck. After completing a pickup, Employee #1 stood on the side step of the truck and held on to the hand holds. The driver saw Employee #1 holding on, and pulled up to the next house. When the driver stopped the truck, he saw that Employee #1 had fallen under the truck and had been run over by the right rear wheels. Employee #1 was declared dead at the scene from severe head injuries.

Keywords: WHEEL, GARBAGE TRUCK, HEAD, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, FALL, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123673279			Fatality	Other	Garbage collectors

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