Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200604056 - Employee's Head Is Crushed by Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200604056 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 08/01/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311314850	08/01/2008	1611	237310	Cash Construction Of Texas, Inc.

Abstract: On August 1, 2008, Employee #1 was a truck driver. He left the truck running and in gear, when he got out of the cab to free the jammed gear shift lever. His head was under the truck when the truck rolled backwards. Employee #1 was killed when the front wheel rolled over his head.

Keywords: HEAD, VEHICLE IN GEAR, JAMMED, CRUSHED, TRUCK, RUN OVER, GEAR, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311314850			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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