OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295711
BRAKE,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee struck and killed by dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the site foreman, was assigned to make emergency repairs to the sid tape measure, when coworkers warned him of the approaching dump truck. He stood up, but was struck by the runaway truck before he could jump out of the way. He sustained massive traumatic injuries, and was killed. Employee #1 had worked for the firm for 2 1/2 years, had attended periodically scheduled safety meetings, and had conducted on-the-job toolbox safety meetings for the employees in his cr ew. He should have known the condition of all equipment on the job site, includi ng the dump truck. e walls of bridge #8013 over Ward Run on SR 6, in Welcome, MD. The work area had been barricaded off to through traffic with a posted detour around the section of highway near the bridge. An excavation had been opened up in the westbound la ne at the eastern end of the bridge. A Ford model #7000 6-wheeler dump truck ope rated by an employee of the firm was approaching the work area from the west at 20 to 30 mph when the driver lost his air brakes and warning devices. He tried t o stop the truck by running into the southern wall of the bridge. Employee #1 wa s kneeling in the eastbound lane of the bridge deck, taking measurements with a
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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