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Accident: 170082051 - Employee Dies When Run Over By Reversing Dump Truck

Accident: 170082051 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 09/12/1993
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10763620109/15/19934953Woodside Landfill And Recycle Center, Inc.
Employee #1 had been instructed to pick out the roots in soil that was being leveled to form the clay liner of a landfill cell. The truck driver had just gotten a fresh load of dirt and was backing the Volvo dump truck into position to begin leveling the dirt when he struck Employee #1 and ran over him. Employee #1 died.
Keywords: back-up alarm, work rules, landfill, truck, dump truck, struck by, run over, backing up, inattention
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 107636201 Fatality Other Occupation not reported

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