Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200213015 - Garbage Truck Driver Is Killed In Fall From Truck
Accident: 200213015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 09/08/2011 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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315912832 | 09/08/2011 | 7389 | Tj Waste Of Corpus Christi Dba Cc Disposal Service | ||||
On September 8, 2011, Employee #1 drove a garbage truck onto a customer's driveway to empty a dumpster. While backing out of the driveway, a communications cable caught on the top of the truck. Employee #1 climbed to the top of the truck to free the cable. When the cable released, it pulled him off the truck. Employee #1 fell 13 ft to the concrete driveway and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
garbage truck, wire rope, caught by, truck, fall, backing up, truck driver
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 315912832 | Fatality | Concussion | Truck drivers, heavy |