Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1286630.015 - Gm Transport Llc.

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Manassas (Regional Office)- Safety 0355114

Investigation Summary

At 9:30 a.m. on January 8, 2018, an employee was was operating a tractor trailer and backed into a tipper to unload construction debris from his truck. After the employee unloaded, he drove off the tipper and parked his truck approximately 65 feet in front of the tipper and went to the back of the truck and appeared to be latching his rear trailer doors. While the employee was located at the rear of the truck, an equipment operator was operating a Caterpillar 973C, Crawler Loader to push construction debris in the landfill. During this process, the operator backed into the employee who was caught between the rear of the loader and the trailer on his truck. The employee was pronounced DOA by First Responders.

Keywords: Landfill, Struck By, Truck