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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301568

HEAD,TAILGATE,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,FALL,PICKUP TRUCK,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
HEAD,TAILGATE,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,FALL,PICKUP TRUCK,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14301568
Report ID
653510

Event description

Employee killed in fall from pickup truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was riding on the tailgate of a pickup truck that was transporting c ompressed gas cylinders across a construction work site. He apparently slipped o ff and fell onto the pavement of the parking lot, sustaining fatal head injuries .

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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