OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217483
STCT DOT MAINTENANCE GARAGE
WALLINGFORD, CT·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN DUMP TRUCK BACKED OVER HIM
Investigation abstract
AT 1:00 AM ON MARCH 17, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A 62 YEAR OLD MALE, WAS WORKING AS A RUCKS WERE IMPOUNDED BY THE WALLINGFORD POLICE, THE BACKING ALARMS ON BOTH TRUCK S WERE CHECKED. THE ALARM ON THE DOT TRUCK WORKED; THE ONE ON THE WALLINGFORD TR UCK DID NOT. HELPER ON A STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REFUSE TRUCK #2-5988 AT WALLINGFO RD MUNICIPAL LANDFILL. ACCORDING TO THE WALLINGFORD POLICE, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRU CK BY ONE OF THE TWO TRUCKS DUMPING AT THE LANDFILL. THE OTHER TRUCK WAS A WALLI NGFORD TOWN DUMP TRUCK #63-WF. BOTH TRUCKS WERE DUMPING AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WORKERS HAVE A "BACKING POLICY" THAT REQUIRES THE H ELPER TO STAND BEHIND THE TRUCK AND DIRECT THE DRIVER. AFTER BOTH TRUCKS FINISHE D DUMPING, THEY LEFT TOGETHER IN SINGLE FILE. WHEN A THIRD VEHICLE BACKED INTO P LACE TO DUMP ITS LOAD, EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED. BEFORE THE FIRST TWO T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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