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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254965

BACK-UP ALARM,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
BACK-UP ALARM,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14254965
Report ID
453710

Event description

EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY BACKING DUMP TRUCK

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING TO THE PAVING MACHINE. WHILE ON HIS WAY, HE MOVED INTO T HE PATH OF A TRI-AXLE DUMP TRUCK WHICH WAS BACKING UP TO THE PAVING MACHINE. ACC ORDING TO THE PAVING MACHINE OPERATOR, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPARENTLY LOOKING AT HIS PAYCHECK, WHICH THE FOREMAN HAD JUST GIVEN HIM, INSTEAD OF BEING AWARE OF HIS P OSITION. HE DIDN'T NOTICE THE BACKING TRUCK, EVEN THOUGH THE BACKUP ALARM WAS SO UNDING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND RUN OVER BY THE TRUCK. THE PAVING MACH INE OPERATOR YELLED AT EMPLOYEE #1 AND BLEW THE HORN ON HIS PAVING MACHINE, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STILL BREATHING, SO HE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEW HAN OVER HOSPITAL IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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