OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203509
CRUSHED,TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY DUAL WHEELS OF ASPHALT TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AT 11:30 AM A WORK CREW FOR THE CITY OF MILWAUKIE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS RE FULLY AWARE OF THE ASPHALT TRUCK IN THE PROCESS OF BACKING TOWARDS THE PAVING M ACHINE THEY WERE HEADED TOWARDS. AS THEY WALKED ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE STRE ET TO BE PAVED, THEY WERE STILL AWARE OF THE TRUCK BACKING UP BEHIND THEM. FOR U NKNOWN REASONS, THE VICTIM WAS CAUGHT WITHIN THE RIGHT REAR DUALS OF THE ASPHALT TRUCK. THE TRUCK KEPT GOING ON ITS DESIGNATED TRAVEL COURSE UNTIL THE CO-WORKER GOT THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION. WHEN THE DRIVER STOPPED, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ALREADY BE EN RUN OVER BY THE DUALS OF THE TRUCK AND FATALLY INJURED. PAVING LOGUS STREET. REPAVING THIS SMALL STREET REQUIRED HALF OF THE STREET BE P AVED FIRST, REQUIRING THAT THE ASPHALT TRUCK GO AHEAD TOWARDS THE PAVER. ONCE TH E ASPHALT IS LAYED ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE STREET NO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS PERMI TTED TO DRIVE ON IT SINCE IT IS NOT HARDENED. EMPLOYEE #1 AND A CO-WORKER HAD JU ST RETURNED FROM THEIR LUNCH BREAK. THEY PARKED THEIR VEHICLE 3 BLOCKS AHEAD OF THE PAVING MACHINE. THE REST OF THE WORK CREW WAS BY THE PAVING MACHINE AS A LOA DED ASPHALT TRUCK WAS TURNING AROUND ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AHEAD OF THEM. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS CO-WORKER PARKED THEIR VEHICLE IN THE RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY THEY WERE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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