OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000843
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,FALL,FLATBED TRUCK,LOST BALANCE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from moving flatbed truck
Investigation abstract
After completing the day's work, Employee #1 was riding in the back of a flatbed truck. While the truck was moving at approximately 15 mph, Employee #1 stood up to secure a traffic cone. He lost his balance and fell from the truck's bed to the road. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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