Accident: 170035018 - Employees Run Over By Cement Truck

Employees #1 and #2 were run over by a cement truck. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was injured.

truck, run over, construction, concrete truck, earthmoving equip

Accident: 170243703 - Killed When Concrete Truck Crashes

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on June 30, Employee #1 was operating a concrete pumping truck when he lost control of the vehicle, drove through a STOP sign, and went down an embankment. Employee #1 suffered multiple head injuries and was killed. The police report concluded that the accident resulted from a combination of equipment failure and operator error.

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Accident: 202287843 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

An employee was holding a steel braided rubber hose suspended by the boom of a concrete pumping truck. The truck was pumping concrete for a foundation. The operator of the concrete truck swung the boom into a temporary 7600-volt overhead power line. The employee holding the hose received an electric shock and went into cardiac arrest. Other onsite employees administered cardio-pulmonary resuscitation until emergency medical services arrived. A helicopter transported the injured employee to a hospital. He slipped into a coma and was placed on a respirator. A few days after the accident, he came out of the coma. At the time this abstract was written, the injured employee was listed in fair condition with cardiac damage.

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Accident: 200350320 - Killed When Crushed Inside Drum Of Concrete Truck

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on June 9, 1997, Employee #1, the company owner, was repairing the drum on a concrete truck for a customer. The top half of his body was inside the concrete drum manhole, and he was replacing two rusted bolts inside the drum, when the drum free-wheeled. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. His wife discovered his body at approximately 7:15 a.m. Employee #1 was working alone and there were no witnesses to the accident.

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Accident: 201110459 - Killed When Struck By Rolling Truck

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 30, 1997, Employee #1, of Curtis Sand and Gravel, was cleaning his transit-mix truck at a residential construction site. As he finished, another transit-mix truck, owned by the same company, rolled into him. Employee #1 was taken by paramedics to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The second mix truck had been parked and left without its parking brake set.

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Accident: 14437131 - Killed When Run Over By Concrete Truck

Employee #1, a mechanic, crawled under a ready-mix truck to determine the source of a air leak while the truck was being loaded with concrete at a batch plant. The driver pulled forward and ran over Employee #1, killing him. Employee #1 had not informed the driver he was going under the truck.

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