OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202113
LOADING,SIDE VIEW MIRROR,DRIVER,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,TRAILER,RUN OVER,CIRCULATORY BLOCKAGE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RAN OVER BY TRAILER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 operated a gravel truck with a "pup" type trailer. (A "pup" type tra coworker "punched" the throttle to get the tires off Employee #1. No blood alcoh ol was noted. Coworkers stated Employee #1 was pale and withdrawn that morning. Employee #1 had been seen at the hospital three times in four years with chest p ain. An autopsy showed vascular congestion in the brain with perivascular hemorr hage in one area. This is an anoxic finding and may have resulted from the event . iler has a long tongue and is pulled behind the gravel truck.) Employee #1 was t he second in a line of three truck-trailers waiting to be loaded. The trucks wer e parked in a semi-circle around a gravel pile on a slight incline. Employee #1 walked ahead to talk with a coworker. When it became time to move ahead, the cow orker entered his cab, looked in the mirror, and observed Employee #1 removing h is glasses and a handkerchief. The coworker looked ahead and slowly pulled forwa rd. Again, the coworker glanced in his mirror and observed Employee #1 huddled o n his side with the left front tires of the "pup" trailer rolling over him. The
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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