Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14250716 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY GARBAGE TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14250716 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/11/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14965719	04/14/1986	9199	0	City Of Charlotte-Operations Department Sanitation

Abstract: AT ABOUT 9:05 AM ON APRIL 11, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 PARKED HIS SANITATION TRUCK AND WALKED TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE THE PACKING SYSTEM. HE LEFT THE TRUCK IN GEAR AND THE PARKING BRAKES SET. HE WAS EMPTYING A CAN OF GARBAGE WHEN THE PACKING SYSTEM BEGAN OPERATING. THE TRUCK BEGAN MOVING FORWARD WITH NO DRIVER. EMPLOYEE #1 RAN TO CATCH THE TRUCK AND STOP IT. HE EITHER TRIPPED OR FELL IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR WHEEL AND WAS RUN OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY FIRE AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO OPERATE THE TRUCK. ALSO, PROCEDURE WAS VIOLATED BY LEAVING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE MICRO SWITCH AT THE GEAR SHIFT, WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PACKING SYSTEM FROM OPERATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN GEAR, FAILED TO OPERATE.

Keywords: GARBAGE TRUCK, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRUCK, FALL, RUN OVER, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14965719			Fatality	Other	Garbage collectors

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