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Accident: 201024627 - Employee Is Struck By Garbage Truck And Killed

Accident: 201024627 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 03/12/2013
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31583003403/12/20134953Upper Valley Disposal Services, Inc.
At approximately 3:38 a.m. on March 12, 2013, Employee #1, a truck driver with Upper Valley Disposal Services, Inc., was struck by another truck while exiting his work station. Employee #1 was caught in between the wheels of a trailer, driven by a coworker, and Employee #1 suffered unspecified fractures. Emergency responders were all on site, but Employee #1 was killed. Employee #1 was employed by the employer at the time of injury.
Keywords: fracture, garbage truck, vehicle in gear, driver, trailer truck, caught between, struck by, trailer
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 315830034 Fatality Fracture Truck drivers, heavy

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