OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14292122
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,COMMUNICATION,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by backing dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 hand-signaled a dump truck to back up into place and dump its load. Another dump truck attempted to back into the dump area before being signaled to do so. The truck struck Employee #1 and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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