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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206486

BACK-UP ALARM,CRUSHED,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,PICKUP TRUCK,BACKING UP

Event
BACK-UP ALARM,CRUSHED,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,PICKUP TRUCK,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14206486
Report ID
1054116

Event description

STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY PICK-UP TRUCK

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM ON OCTOBER 17, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING BACKWARDS E. ON A GRAVEL ROAD, TALKING TO THE CREW. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO EAT LUNCH. THE EMPLOYER WAS BACKING HIS PICKUP TRUCK (4 X 4) DOWN THE ROAD, AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, TO PICK UP THE CREW. AS THE PICKUP TRUCK DREW NEAR TO THE CREW, THEY HOLLE RED AND WAVED THEIR ARMS AT EMPLOYEE #1, TRYING TO WARN HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 NEVER A CKNOWLEDGED THAT HE HEARD THE CREW. THE REAR BUMPER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND AND PINNING HIM UNDER THE PICKUP. EMPLO YEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BY THE PICKUP, WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL COMING TO REST ON HIS CH EST. A HELICOPTER WAS DISPATCHED AND EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCEN

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 43 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    494
    Human factor
    5
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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