OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14233936
GLOVER CONSTRUCTION, INC.
MUSKOGEE, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY BACKING DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING EAST ON A SECTION OF ROAD WHICH WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WHEN HE WAS BACKED OVER BY A C-65 DUMP TRUCK, LICENSE T532-411. THE TRUCK WAS OW NED AND OPERATED BY AN INDEPENDENT DRIVER. THE EMPLOYER HAD TWO SPOTTERS AT THE SITE. ONE WAS LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SITE. HE DIRECTED TRAFFIC AND ASSIS TED THE DRIVERS IN GETTING INTO A BACKING POSITION. AFTER THE TRUCKS PASSED THE FIRST SPOTTER, THEY HAD TO BE BACKED 750 FEET WITHOUT A SPOTTER. WHEN THEY WERE WITHIN 150 FT OF THE LAY-DOWN AREA, THEY WOULD BE BACKED INTO THE DUMPING POSITI ON BY A SECOND SPOTTER. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED 425 FEET EAST OF THE SITE ENTRANCE .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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