OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14200794
EMBANKMENT,BRAKE,FLAGMAN,PICKUP TRUCK,RUN OVER,GEAR,SLOPE
Event description
FLAG WOMAN KILLED WHEN SHE WAS RUN OVER BY PICKUP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
On July 24, 1985, Employee #1, a flag woman for Wolfe Brothers, Inc., was flaggi he emergency brake on. The truck went backward, struck Employee #1, and dragged her approximately 25 feet down the slope. The truck went another 25 feet from Em ployee #1 and stopped parallel to the road. Employee #1 received serious chest a nd head injuries. Upon arrival at Washington County Hospital, she was pronounced dead. The pickup truck, a blue GMC Sierra 35, one ton, four speed transmission, belonged to the company. The license number was P85964, and the Registration Nu mber was WTCM 34A1505895. Employee #1 had received on-the-job training from more experienced employees and the foreman. ng traffic at the north end of a road near the Interstate. A coworker was cuttin g down a bank on the east side of the road. Other coworkers were filling a waste area on the west side of the road. The road runs North to South on approximatel y a two-to-one slope. The west shoulder of the road sloped approximately four-to -one or five-to-one. About 7:30 am the dozer operator asked Employee #1 to move the foreman's pickup truck parked on the west shoulder and to move traffic barri cades located in the area. Employee #1 backed up the truck, got out, and went be hind the truck to move a barricade. The truck was not in gear and did not have t
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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