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Accident: 14568232 - Employee Run Over By Backing Garbage Truck

Accident: 14568232 -- Report ID: 0454520 -- Event Date: 11/07/1985
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10207919111/12/19854953City Of Easley (Sanitation)
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED AS A PICK-UP MAN ON GARBAGE TRUCK #54. HE WAS STANDING ON THE PLATFORM AT THE RIGHT REAR OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE DRIVER BEGAN TO BACK UP. EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED FROM THE METAL PLATFORM AND FELL UNDER THE RIGHT REAR TIRES OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK RAN OVER HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING TENNIS SHOES WHICH HAD BECOME WET FROM WALKING ON WET GRASS. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON D STREET IN THE CITY OF EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A MASSIVE CRUSHING INJURY TO THE HEAD.
Keywords: garbage truck, head, shoulder, slip, crushed, truck, fall, slippery surface, run over
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 102079191 Fatality Concussion Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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