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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241053

FRACTURE,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,TRUCK,ABRASION,PICKUP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

Event
FRACTURE,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,TRUCK,ABRASION,PICKUP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14241053
Report ID
627700

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

  1. #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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