Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100200526 - Statewide Environmental Contractors, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100200526

Report ID: 0214200

Date Opened: 04/23/1987

Site Address:
Statewide Environmental Contractors, Inc.
840 Valley Rd
Gillette, NJ 07933

Mailing Address:
11 Harmich Rd, S. Plainfield, NJ 07080

Union Status: Union

SIC:4212

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/01/1987

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/01/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360663652

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14480685

Event: 04/17/1987

EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN HE FELL UNDER IT

AT 7:02 AM ON APRIL 17, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AS A HELPER ON A GARBAGE PICKUP ROUTE. HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A HELPER ON THE RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL ROUTE FOR SIX MONTHS. AS EMPLOYEE #1 STOOD ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE "RUNNING BOARD" OF A 1985 MACK PACKER REAR END LOADER FORMULA #5000, MODEL DM 6865X 68,000 POUND GROSS WEIGHT GARBAGE TRUCK, THE TRUCK PULLED UP TO THE NEXT PICKUP SPOT. EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER JUMPED OR STEPPED BACKWARDS OFF THE TRUCK AND THEN SLIPPED ON THE WET GRASS OR ON THE CURBING, THEN FELL UNDER THE REAR WHEELS AS THE TRUCK MOVED FORWARD ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. THE DRIVER STATED HE HEARD A "THUD", THEN STOPPED THE VEHICLE, DISMOUNTED AND WALKED TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. HE DISCOVERED EMPLOYEE #1 CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN THE REAR WHEELS. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED FROM FRACTURES TO FACIAL BONES, RIBS, SPINE & PELVIS, LACERATIONS & CONTUSIONS OF THE BRAIN, LUNGS, LIVER, SPLEEN, AND SPINAL CORD.

Keywords: GARBAGE TRUCK, WORK RULES, SLIP, CRUSHED, TRUCK, FALL, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100200526			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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