Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 172555.015 - Employee dies from multiple trauma after run over by trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 172555.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 12/09/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1792722.015	12/10/2024		238910	Victor A Colunga

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 9, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a trucking company was delivering caliche for back-fill to a work site. The site was a graded, rolled and compacted well drilling patch site. The truck-trailer became stuck so a coworker operating a bulldozer pushing the vehicle in an attempt to free the truck. When he stepped outside the truck cab, the employee got caught between the trailer belly dump rear axels on the driver side of the truck. The employee died from multiple trauma when he was run over by the trailer rear axles.

Keywords: Axle, Bulldozer, Caught Between, Delivery Work, Dozer, Driver, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Run Over, Struck By, Stuck, Tire, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver, Wheel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1792722.015	81	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause:

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