OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001916
BACK-UP ALARM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when backed over by gravel and sand truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had a lift control trailer and was walking to the rock stockpile nor theast of the control trailer and north of the sand dump road. A coworker drove southwest of the control trailer and had started backing east on the sand dump r oad when he ran over Employee #1. The driver of a second truck arrived in the ar ea southwest of the control trailer and observed Employee #1 on the ground in fr ont of the first truck. He ran and informed the driver of the accident. Another worker was east of the dump area and ran out from the woods. He had observed Emp loyee #1 in distress and tried to comfort him as they waited for medical help. E mployee #1 died as a result of his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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