Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 953406 - Employee killed by falling precast concrete wall

Accident Summary Nr: 953406 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 12/06/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123674459	12/06/1993	2048	0	Valley Proteins Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:20 a.m. on December 6, 1993, Employee #1, a truck driver/supervisor for Valley Proteins, Inc., in Emporia, VA, backed his truck into the bulk fat shipping/receiving area to unload. After the truck was off loaded, Employee #1 proceeded to drive forward to the outside. A boom attached to the truck, used for handling bulk material containers, was in the forward, over-the-cab position. It struck the lintel area of the access doorway, causing two precast concrete wall sections to break loose and fall directly onto the truck's cab. Employee #1 was crushed to death.

Keywords: WALL, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, PRECAST, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRUCK BOOM, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123674459			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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