OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300149
BRAGUNIER MASONRY CONTRACTOR INCORPORATED
ROCKVILLE, MD·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by tailgate of dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a mason tender, was guiding a dump truck full of sand into position . After the truck was positioned, the driver got out, checked the area, and then got back in and started to dump his load. As the sand was being released, the t ruck began slowly moving uphill and to the left. Employee #1, who was standing b etween the truck and a mobile cement mixer, failed to get out of the way in time and was struck by the truck's tailgate locking pin. He sustained a 1 1/2 in. de ep puncture wound in the right side of his stomach, for which he was hospitalize d. Employee #1 had approximately nine months of experience on this job.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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