OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241053
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OKLAHOMA CITY, INC.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY BACKING VEHICLE; VIEW OBSTRUCTED
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 8:30 AM ON APRIL 24, 1987 EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING ACROSS TO THE WEST SI DE OF A YARD TO CLEAN AND AND SERVICE SOME PORTABLE TOILETS. A PICKUP TRUCK, LOA DED WITH THREE PORTABLE TOILETS WHICH OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VIEW TO THE REAR, WAS BACKING ACROSS THE YARD. WHEN THE TRUCK HAD BACKED UP ABOUT 200 FEET IT STRU CK AND RAN OVER EMPLOYEE #1. THE PICKUP DRIVER HEARD A HOLLAR, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1'S INJURIES INCLUDED A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT CLAVICLE, A FRACTURE OF THE L-2 VERTEBRA, AND MULTIPLE ACU TE ABRASIONS. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. THE REPORTED CAUSE OF DEATH WAS ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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