Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202126736 - Employee Is Killed When Pinned Between Truck and Spreader

Accident Summary Nr: 202126736 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 08/05/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313501280	08/06/2011	1611	237310	Blue Collar Construction, Llc

Abstract: On August 5, 2011, Employee #1, a dump truck operator, was working at a location where the asphalt of the street was being resurfaced. He exited the cab of his truck and walked to the rear, when he was struck by a chipper spreader. He was pinned between the spreader and the bed of dump truck, sustaining crushing injuries that killed him.

Keywords: PINNED, DRIVER, CHIPPER, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313501280			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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