OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234850
LAIDLAW WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY GARBAGE TRUCK BACKING UP
Investigation abstract
At about 1:10 p.m. on July 29, 1988 Employee #1 was working loading refuse into a Ford 8000 rear packer garbage truck of Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc. and Employe e #2 was driving the truck. The crew came to an intersection. The crew was to be gin garbage pick up along the road, so the driver stopped the garbage truck and proceeded to back up a short distance on the road to the first pick up point. Em ployee #1 was standing on the driver side rear step. Employee #1 motioned for th e driver to back up. The driver began backing up and ran over Employee #1. Medic al personnel were summoned and Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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