OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1004035
WHITE PLAINS DPW WATER BUREAU
WHITE PLAINS, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by utility truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:35 a.m. on March 18, 1988, Employee #1, of the City of White Plains Department of Public Works, was repairing a water tap in an excavation. H is unmanned 1986 GMC utility truck, serial #1GDJC339GS508371, rolled backward in to the excavation. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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