Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201799731 - Employee Falls from a Roll Off Trash Truck and Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201799731 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/20/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301334728	03/29/2005	4953	562212	G & G Roll-Off Services

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 21, 2005, Employee #1 was on a trash truck removing a tarp from the container using his hands. The container was 6 ft high and 8 ft wide. No fall protection was provided or used. The employer did not have fall protection at the workplace and did not require workers to use any fall protection while working on the top of the truck. Employee #1 fell approximately 10.67 ft and fractured his vertebrae and died a month later at the hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GARBAGE TRUCK, TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301334728			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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