OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14298103
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY GOVERNMENT
UPPER MARLBORO, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY BACKING EARTH MOVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A SPOTTER FOR TRASH TRUCKS UNLOADING AT A COUNTY LAND FILL. HE H AD JUST CHECKED A TRUCK TO SEE IF THE BOX WAS EMPTY. FOR SOME REASON HE DID NOT SEE OR HEAR A LOADED PAN THAT WAS BACKING UP TO UNLOAD COVER DIRT. HE EITHER STE PPED INTO THE PATH OF THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL, OR FAILED TO MOVE FROM THE PATH OF T HE PAN. HE WAS STRUCK AND RUN OVER, RECEIVING FATAL INJURIES. THE BACK-UP ALARM WAS OPERATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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